Outdoor café culture for Aberdeen?
15/02/12 16:56 Filed in: Blog
One of the joys of visiting European cities is the ability to sit out and enjoy watching life go by as you sup a coffee, or a beer at a street café. Even in winter it can be an enjoyable break.
There are some street cafés in Aberdeen, but usually they are chairs and tables on a pavement.
Perhaps the proposed City Garden could change that? One of the features of the winning design is the Belmont Plaza, a landscaped area with trees and street cafés with not a car to be seen. Could this bring a breakthrough to a more European style of relaxing, enjoying the architecture and a bit of people watching!
Belmont plaza features on this video at 1 minute 23 seconds
I do hope so.
Aberdeen currently lacks a focal point to draw people in to spend time appreciating the city. So, we tend to dash into the city for meetings, or for a bit of shopping and never stop to appreciate the amazing architecture that our Victorian predecessors created.
There are some street cafés in Aberdeen, but usually they are chairs and tables on a pavement.
Perhaps the proposed City Garden could change that? One of the features of the winning design is the Belmont Plaza, a landscaped area with trees and street cafés with not a car to be seen. Could this bring a breakthrough to a more European style of relaxing, enjoying the architecture and a bit of people watching!
Belmont plaza features on this video at 1 minute 23 seconds
I do hope so.
Aberdeen currently lacks a focal point to draw people in to spend time appreciating the city. So, we tend to dash into the city for meetings, or for a bit of shopping and never stop to appreciate the amazing architecture that our Victorian predecessors created.
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