Perhaps more than anything else we’ve recommended on here, this documentary (which you can view in full below) by visual artist/film-maker Fraser Denholm (someone whose blog we’ve mentioned a few times) is something anyone with any interest in Aberdeen whatsoever simply must see. Run Down Aberdeen takes a no-nonsense, balanced look at many of the [...]
Read more →Sunday 18 July | Union Terrace Gardens| 12pm-4pm | Free ‘Who said there was no such thing as a free lunch?’ Nah, can you imagine how many newspapers around the country are using that hilarious opening gambit this weekend? Let’s have another go: ‘Union Terrace Gardens is only used by violent junkies and bandwagon-jumping workshy [...]
Read more →Saturday 12 June | Union Terrace Gardens | 2pm | Free I’d imagine a lot of you have heard about this already. If not, the idea is a basic one; head down to Union Terrace Gardens, have a picnic, listen to some music and show just how important the place is to the city… Links: [...]
Read more →Speechless. You’ve all heard the result of The Union Terrace Gardens vote by now but here’s how the P&J reported it this morning anyway. Some interesting stuff in the comments. This does not make our city look good at all does it? Arseholes. I’ve nothing else to add at the moment to be honest… *Sigh*
Read more →We’ve not posted anything on the Union Terrace Gardens thing for a while, I’m sure you’ve all seen results of the consultation by now anyway… Here’s a quick summary though, just in case: They lost. Big time. This however, this, if true, is nothing short of a f***king scandal…Check it out: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/the-tycoon-the-secret-meeting-and-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-aberdeen-city-1.1021429
Read more →Friday. Crunch time. There’s been so much written, especially in the local press, about the City Square Project/ACSEF/Peacock that it’s hard to keep up sometimes: Consultation good. Consultation bad. Consultation irrelevant. Gardens good. Gardens bad. Gardens irrelevant. Bloody artists. Bloody trees. Bloody tree artists. It’s become a bit of a joke to be honest, unfortunately [...]
Read more →Ahead of a public debate on Union Terrace Gardens this Thursday evening, the City Square Project today announced they are ‘phasing out’ their original, undoubtedly expensive glossy PR brochure. It’s nothing to do with Annie Lennox, who spoke out against the scheme, being pictured in it (nor the even more inexplicable image of the London Underground). [...]
Read more →Updated 09/02/10 Worst. Pun. Ever. It is relevant though, read on… It’s been a wee while since we had a Union Terrace Gardens update outside of the Twitter Feed, but there have been some interesting developments today, so here goes: It appears that local politicians have seen through ACSEF’s rather one-sided ‘public consultation’ and have [...]
Read more →