Wollongong mall is not an interesting place to visit outside of shopping hours - and given the impression from the drawings of the government architect - it will become even less interesting after the modifications are complete.
The " birdcage " will be gone and the mall will feature huge areas of open space - to give security and prevent undesirables from " lurking " .
Unfortunately these changes will do nothing to change the reason that the mall is a failure. It simply lacks a reason for people to go there outside of day time shopping hours !
The shops are not interested in night trading - and there are no restaurants or night activities to draw people and add vibrancy.
We might as well face reality. Whatever changes are made to the mall it will remain dormant at night because the restaurant strips have been established in Corrimal and Keira streets - and that is where the action is !
The only sensible plan would be to continue to retain it's pedestrian feature in daylight hours - and open it again to car traffic at night !
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