MORE DEMOLITION.
SINCE DEMOLITION HAS BEEN A RECENT INCLUSION ON THE SITE I CANNOT HELP ASKING MYSELF..
."DO WE REALLY WANT A SEVEN STOREY BUILDING OVERLOOKING QUEENS DOCK? "
AS REPORTED IN THE "NEWS " TODAY ..THURSDAY .OCT.18.07.
ADMITTEDLY THE PROPOSED AREA IS FAR FROM ARCHITECTURALLY BEAUTIFUL....BUT WILL THE REPLACEMENT, WHICH WILL DWARF THE 3 STOREY TAX OFFICE, BE ANY BETTER ? I BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN DOWN THIS AVENUE BEFORE WHEN A LARGE HOTEL WAS MOOTED FOR ANOTHER NEARBY SITE. WHAT ABOUT THE RULES ABOUT HEIGHT..FOUNDATIONS..ETC ??
THE PROPOSED SITE.
WE HAVE ALREADY INSERTED SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL GEORGIAN TOWN WHICH DISFIGURE RATHER THAN ENHANCE .DO WE WANT YET ANOTHER.?? WILL THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BE ANY DIFFERENT?
LET'S HOPE THE IMMINENT COUNCIL DEBATE WILL BE A TRULY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
OF THE PROPOSAL !!!!!!
ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK ( DEC.17..07) I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THESE PLANS HAD BEEN SCRAPPED . THE REASON GIVEN TO ME WAS "THAT THE COUNCIL HAD EXPECTED THE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD A HOTEL ON THE SITE AND THEIR FAILURE TO AGREE TO THIS HAD LOST THEM THE CONTRACT.!!!!!!
THEN
I READ YESTERDAY'S "NEWS " ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT TRUE AND THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR FLATS/APARTMENTS WAS GOING AHEAD. WILL WE EVER LEARN ??????????
NEVER MIND ......IT WILL JOIN THE OTHER MONSTROSITIES THAT HAVE BEEN THRUST UPON THE TOWN..POLICE STATION...SCOTCH AND DUKE STREET FLATS.. COUNCIL OFFICES. !!!!!!!
IT HAS BEGUN!!!!
IT'S EARLY MARCH AND ALL LOOKS WELL FROM THE FRONT!!
BUT....FROM BEHIND SIGNS THAT THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER NATIONAL TYRE
BUILDING HAS BEGUN ARE CLEAR. THE ROOF HAS DISAPPEARED.
BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE SERIOUS WORK WAS BEGINNING.
The inevitable barriers prevented closer inspection but the heavy gear was on site and the
flagstones began to disappear, and stripping the interior was underway.
IT'S APRIL(08) NOW AND WORK CONTINUES WITH WHAT APPEARS TO
BE AN OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED SITE.ALARMINGLY IF THE LOCATION OF THE
CURRENT WORK IS A MARKER THEN THE NEW BUILDING WILL STAND NOT ONLY
HIGHER THAN THE TAX OFFICES BUT ALSO PROJECT OUT FURTHER.??????
MEANTIME THE JUGGERNAUTS WAIT IN THE WINGS.
APRIL.3.08.1.30pm. The monster has emerged and soon makes an impression!!
IT'S NOW 9.25 am.4/04/08 AND THE HARBOUR OFFICES ARE NO MORE THAN A HEAP OF RUBBLE. THE SITE IS WELL ON THE WAY TO BEING CLEARED AS THE HEAVY GEAR GETS CRACKING.
THE OLD HARBOUR WORKSHOP DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE!!
IT'S NOW 8.45.am. APRIL 9..08 AND THE GARAGE HAS GONE....JUST THE BATHS AND MARK HOUSE TO GO!!!!
