Chronamut
Active Member
The only plus i see is that when it collapsed it left the wall of the collapsed building butting up against the wall of the surviving buildings - this may allow some extra support for a while to prevent those from collapsing. The ones beside it were I believe older than the ones that collapsed, but I am unsure the extent of the stone used, whether it was just superficial in the front or if those buildings are actually structurally stronger than the ones that collapsed. Either way there are MANY angry people commenting on this.
And yes, I did call this, and the tivoli, because both had very clear intents of demolition by neglect. Personally, whatever is built here should have some sort of rebuilding of the facade like they did with radio arts. I mean look at the lister annex - it feels cold and sterile compared to what was built there before - is this our fate? Esp in the core? They already destroyed a lot of beautiful buildings in the core - is it the fate to destroy ALL of them? Is the right house next? The point of having a victorian park in the center was a quiet oasis that you could look around and marvel at the beauty around you.. not look at giant monolithic banks and office buildings..
I just want our core to be USED again.. its such a strange feeling to have an almost entire south side of the gore not be useable and not be walkable. At least they are repairing the area further east. I agree though that the city has to expropriate this land - and that the land going forward SHOULD be expropriated after certain amt of years of neglect. This is just as much the city's fault as it is the developers.
And yes, I did call this, and the tivoli, because both had very clear intents of demolition by neglect. Personally, whatever is built here should have some sort of rebuilding of the facade like they did with radio arts. I mean look at the lister annex - it feels cold and sterile compared to what was built there before - is this our fate? Esp in the core? They already destroyed a lot of beautiful buildings in the core - is it the fate to destroy ALL of them? Is the right house next? The point of having a victorian park in the center was a quiet oasis that you could look around and marvel at the beauty around you.. not look at giant monolithic banks and office buildings..
I just want our core to be USED again.. its such a strange feeling to have an almost entire south side of the gore not be useable and not be walkable. At least they are repairing the area further east. I agree though that the city has to expropriate this land - and that the land going forward SHOULD be expropriated after certain amt of years of neglect. This is just as much the city's fault as it is the developers.
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