Woden from the air while under construction

wow – I love looking at all those old photos. keep ’em coming guys! 🙂

switch said :

They certainly planned for lots of parking in those days…

Can’t really eyeball that one, it’s all at-grade parking then and now there are two multi-story car parks. There probably are fewer spaces per employee/shopper now but imagine how big the car parks would be if they just scaled up what they had; you’d probably need some sort of bus service to carry you in from the outer spots (sort of like Walley World).

switch said :

gooterz said :

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5019881954_4c4803a9a6_z.jpg

Here is another later one before the big round about went in

They certainly planned for lots of parking in those days…

I read somewhere that they didnt choose a rail system because the costs were 20% more than buses!

gooterz said :

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5019881954_4c4803a9a6_z.jpg

Here is another later one before the big round about went in

They certainly planned for lots of parking in those days…

gooterz said :

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5019881954_4c4803a9a6_z.jpg

Here is another later one before the big round about went in

I’ve pinpointed that this pic was taken between 1974 and 1977. You can see Woden Plaza with just stage two completed (which opened in May 1974) and before stage three opened in September 1977.

This last image in linked to in the article: http://www.images.act.gov.au/duslibrary/imagesact.nsf/V01/2515BE74C8084A084A256D640023A87C?OpenDocument makes me sad.

The parkway back when it was lined with pine trees, was always such a beautiful drive into the city. And now it’s just this arid, boring highway. Even when the arboretum is developed and grown, it’s still going to be a fair way back from the road and not the whole way along that stretch between Cotter Rd and Glenloch.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5019881954_4c4803a9a6_z.jpg

Here is another later one before the big round about went in

The cat did it said :

Very early 1970s, maybe even late 1960s. Construction of Yarra Glen doesn’t look to be started, which suggests that it was taken quite some time before the killer flood of January 1971.

Yarra glen is there.

It used to be a T-Section so this could easilly be after the 7 Deaths.

http://www.archives.act.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0017/110960/Woden_Floodwaters_1971.jpg

Lovett/MLC tower is only half done at the time of the floods in 1971. So this would be 1972 or very late 1971

http://www.hindmarsh.com.au/images/projects/photos/Woden_Green_Masterplan_2011.jpg
Above is the future aparently!
Lovett tower soon to be the 2nd tallest building in canberra?

Very early 1970s, maybe even late 1960s. Construction of Yarra Glen doesn’t look to be started, which suggests that it was taken quite some time before the killer flood of January 1971.

I moved to Canberra as a kid in 1976 and we lived in Holder for 18 months. By that time Woden and Weston were pretty well developed. I reckon (wild assed guess, admittedly) that this is more like pretty early 70’s.