Please note that the comments below are my own and are not intended in any way to be disrespectful of other persons rights.
Doesn't seem to bother the council though, they are used to pleasing themselves and to hang with anyone else's thought.
Am loving the fact that people out there enjoyed a really warm weekend in The Gardens...
The way I see it, Aberdeen has a lot of green spaces around the city, but within the main city centre.. its just Union Terrace Gardens!!! Yes there are small parks along queens road area and other places that I can't mention, cause I cant mind exactly where they are at the moment.. sighhh.
Personally, I moved to Aberdeen back in 1990 to see my father, and I just forgot to leave again...
I liked the fact that Codonna's was the same as when I was growing up, going to Cove bay with my dad, just to sit out and relax was braw!! After a shopping trip to Slater's, we went to UTG!! Where else to sit out and have a sandwich and a cuppa out of the flask. Don't get me wrong, that was back in 1990, so a while back... Last I used the gardens myself was about 3 years past, just wanted a relaxing seat to read a book.
I just love it to hear that "some folks" made up their minds to go have a picnic at UTG, lo and behold, heaps of folks appeared... Just a shame that this so called "Sir Ian Wood" didn't appear, after all, isn't he a citizen of Aberdeen as well, he might even have enjoyed the day and maybe thought to himself... "am I doing the right thing!"
Any-ways, long winded post am afraid, but to sum it all up, we, the citizens of Aberdeen, are going to regret it, if we allow the Council and ACSEF to get their wicked ways, and tear up this historic landmark of Aberdeen. After all, wasn't it the Victorians that gave us this Terraced Gardens??? Sorry, history of Aberdeen isn't my strong point am afraid.
I do hope that common sense will prevail, and to this Ian Wood person, please don't take it as a personal insult, for the citizens to say no to a project that you wished to invest your hard earned money into, it's just that the majority of folks that voted that day realised what a waste of a naturally green area it would be if we just slabbed it over to make some other show piece area in Town Centre.
May I suggest that Ian Wood considers what is to become of the old council buildings on Broad street, all that space once that monstrosity of a building is removed, ample space for your civic square idea, it is even close to the castlegate as well... what more could you ask for?
Peace.
Wayne Leiper
