❓ The Minister updates the house on the progress of the Perth Cultural Centre revitalisation, including the demolition of the Francis Street building and plans for a new museum facility. The response highlights improvements to safety, attractiveness, and upcoming projects.
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Western Australian Museum — francis street building demolition
I note the recent media coverage on the demolition of the Western Australian Museum’s Francis Street building. I congratulate the minister on yet another example of this government’s commitment to improve culture and the arts in the capital city. Can the minister please update the house on the progress of this work and outline any other plans to continue the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre precinct? Mr J.H.D. DAY
I note the recent media coverage on the demolition of the Western Australian Museum’s Francis Street building. I congratulate the minister on yet another example of this government’s commitment to improve culture and the arts in the capital city. Can the minister please update the house on the progress of this work and outline any other plans to continue the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre precinct? Mr J.H.D. DAY
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I am very pleased to comment on some of the positive developments occurring in the Northbridge area to upgrade the entire precinct, and particularly the Perth Cultural Centre precinct, where a lot of effort and quite a lot of funding have been injected. A lot of effort has been made on the part of cultural institutions and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority under the strong direction of the state government, and quite a bit of funding has been injected to revitalise and upgrade the Perth Cultural Centre with a great deal of success. Anyone who visits on weekday lunchtimes or on weekends, for that matter, will see how the place has been made much more attractive and also much safer, particularly at night. The urban orchard has been installed along with the wetland outside the Art Gallery, with much better seating, lighting, security improvements and so on. The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I am very pleased to comment on some of the positive developments occurring in the Northbridge area to upgrade the entire precinct, and particularly the Perth Cultural Centre precinct, where a lot of effort and quite a lot of funding have been injected. A lot of effort has been made on the part of cultural institutions and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority under the strong direction of the state government, and quite a bit of funding has been injected to revitalise and upgrade the Perth Cultural Centre with a great deal of success. Anyone who visits on weekday lunchtimes or on weekends, for that matter, will see how the place has been made much more attractive and also much safer, particularly at night. The urban orchard has been installed along with the wetland outside the Art Gallery, with much better seating, lighting, security improvements and so on. The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
I am very pleased to comment on some of the positive developments occurring in the Northbridge area to upgrade the entire precinct, and particularly the Perth Cultural Centre precinct, where a lot of effort and quite a lot of funding have been injected. A lot of effort has been made on the part of cultural institutions and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority under the strong direction of the state government, and quite a bit of funding has been injected to revitalise and upgrade the Perth Cultural Centre with a great deal of success. Anyone who visits on weekday lunchtimes or on weekends, for that matter, will see how the place has been made much more attractive and also much safer, particularly at night. The urban orchard has been installed along with the wetland outside the Art Gallery, with much better seating, lighting, security improvements and so on. The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY replied: I am very pleased to comment on some of the positive developments occurring in the Northbridge area to upgrade the entire precinct, and particularly the Perth Cultural Centre precinct, where a lot of effort and quite a lot of funding have been injected. A lot of effort has been made on the part of cultural institutions and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority under the strong direction of the state government, and quite a bit of funding has been injected to revitalise and upgrade the Perth Cultural Centre with a great deal of success. Anyone who visits on weekday lunchtimes or on weekends, for that matter, will see how the place has been made much more attractive and also much safer, particularly at night. The urban orchard has been installed along with the wetland outside the Art Gallery, with much better seating, lighting, security improvements and so on. The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
I am very pleased to comment on some of the positive developments occurring in the Northbridge area to upgrade the entire precinct, and particularly the Perth Cultural Centre precinct, where a lot of effort and quite a lot of funding have been injected. A lot of effort has been made on the part of cultural institutions and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority under the strong direction of the state government, and quite a bit of funding has been injected to revitalise and upgrade the Perth Cultural Centre with a great deal of success. Anyone who visits on weekday lunchtimes or on weekends, for that matter, will see how the place has been made much more attractive and also much safer, particularly at night. The urban orchard has been installed along with the wetland outside the Art Gallery, with much better seating, lighting, security improvements and so on. The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
The work will be taken a significant way further over the next few months or so prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 being held in Perth. Some of the further improvements include the installation of a nature-inspired children’s play space in front of the Western Australian Museum. This will be particularly directed at children aged between six and 13 years, but will probably also appeal to all ages. The play space has been designed with a focus on play and sensory elements inspired by nature and will include, for example, large carved timber animals, walking logs, timber platforms, a mural, drums and some chimes. I am sure that that will be of a lot of interest to families in the area. There will also be the installation of a large LED screen in the cultural centre area, the open space, and that will very much invigorate the area and will be used to promote activities that take place in the cultural institutions around the culture centre and for the presentation of a range of other events, including live events. In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
In relation to the Museum, I was pleased to visit the site of the demolition of the 1960s–1970s Francis Street building—a building that has long passed its use-by date. In 2003 or 2004, it was identified that the building contained a lot of asbestos contamination. The previous government moved the Museum out of that building and most of the collection is now stored out at Welshpool. The demolition of that building is finally underway in preparation for the design and construction of a major new museum facility in Perth, which is long overdue. It has been needed for in excess of 20 years or so, and there was little — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
Mr J.H.D. DAY : There was little real or effective action taken under the previous government. I am pleased to remind the member for Perth and others that there is $5 million in this year’s budget for the more detailed design work to be undertaken so that we can go out to an architectural design competition to select an architect to finally design a building that is much needed and then construct it. As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
As the Premier commented earlier this week, he visited the British Museum in London last week. The CEO of the WA Museum, Alec Coles, was there. It was a very positive event. A major exhibition from the British Museum will be held here in Western Australia during and after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. That is a prelude to much bigger things happening in that space. The cultural centre precinct is being made a lot safer, a lot more interesting and a lot more active, and I think a lot of people are demonstrating that with their patronage of the area.
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