Talk Porty ~ Portobello

As a long-time lurker and infrequent poster I'm sorry that there will be no more Rathbone ramblin'' - hope you reconsider. Anyways, just want to say that I've very much enjoyed your posts which have always been highly entertaining - many thanks.

In the years I've been following this debate I don't think the alternatives proposed by the commander have ever been considered - which is why people were drawn into commenting on the potential drawbacks e.g. knocking down Hamilton Terrace, building on Figgate Park, etc

Here's another child related analogy for you. Some kids have a toy. It belongs to all of them, but sits in the corner of the shed, generally ignored and rarely played with, until one of the kids has a bright idea, digs it out, and starts changing it into a new toy. Lots of the kids love this new to...

Surely you would struggle to maintain green space under stilts with no rain or sunlight ? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the design - I've no civil engineering, architecture or indeed horticultural background. I suppose it may work if the stilts were extremely high but then you'd only get sun at certain...