HOODLUM65 Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 Perths first and only City architect (1964-1975) David Cockburn has appealed to his former employers PKC to save the City Hall from demolition. He believes that the plans put forward by Perth City Market Trus have great merit. He sites the fact that the City Hall had bookings two years in advance. This remained the situation while the new Concert Hall was being built. He had a meeting with the then head of the Concert Hall, (Jane Spiers) and produced a list of bookings for the previous two years of the City Hall and found ONLY 20% of the bookings would have been appropriately accommodated in the Concert Hall. Thus 80% has been lost to the Council through their own inept decision making. Vibrant Council, don't make me laugh or I might end up with tears in my eyes. Wendy Saints, lmsaintee and gertiesaints 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsaintee Posted December 27, 2013 Report Share Posted December 27, 2013 That church is a good building and worth trying to preserve. That said, it isn't architecturally important as far as I'm aware so if investors can't be found then it should be replaced with something which does benefit the town. what is good about it tear it down before it falls down ps we are a city like in city hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baiggers Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 80% of the last 2 years of bookings in the City Hall could not have been appropriately accommodated in the Concert Hall? That sounds like a lot of shite to me. I also wouldn't be hiring an architect to assess a business plan. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 I take it Architects would be involved in business plans, whether in their own firm or elsewhere. Now, get back to spending OUR dosh by phoning the 'speaking clock'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 proposal for a 5 star hotel recently, recon that could work HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 blow it up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 People have until 14th March 2014 to register their opposition to the demolition of the City Hall by sending a letter to the Council. As the Council passed a motion for demolition at their last meeting, time is now running out to save it by acting now. This is a set of Councillors' (and their predecessors) who have been selling all the City's assets, without consulting the people who elected them. The Councillors failed the citizens of Perth at the outset (the original sale) by entrusting the building to a company who had no intention of developing the building and as a result the said councillors have not worked hard enough over the past 5 or 6 years to find and approve a suitable option for the building. Shame on the lot of them. fazman1977, sixties saintee and lmsaintee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Madrid Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 At the last council elections I ask all the candidates in my district their views and voted for the one who wanted it knocked down. If people wanted it saved they had the chance to do the same. HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) I don't have an issue with you voting for what you believe in, Real. Everyone is entitled to a voice/vote. Is that not what a democracy is all about? Edited March 4, 2014 by HOODLUM65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy rhodes fancy watch Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 The most i've seen the city hall in use lately was when 4-5 lads were pishing on it on Sunday night . AthensSaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Is the Lesser City Hall in existence and is it used. Some of the "Disco's" we whad late seventies/early eighties were quite frightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Is the Lesser City Hall in existence and is it used. Some of the "Disco's" we whad late seventies/early eighties were quite frightening. If you ever move back to Perth, you're going to be sorely disappointed when you find Perth has kept pace with the rest of the world and we're not stuck in the late seventies/early eighties. PerthSeany 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Is the Lesser City Hall in existence and is it used. Some of the "Disco's" we whad late seventies/early eighties were quite frightening. Its still there but is as derelict as the rest of the city hall haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Opposition to the demolition can be sent by email to developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk quoting application number 14/00292/LBC. Giving your name and address. sixties saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Opposition to the demolition can be sent by email to developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk quoting application number 14/00292/LBC. Giving your name and address. Cheers Hoodlum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Opposition to the demolition can be sent by email to developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk quoting application number 14/00292/LBC. Giving your name and address. Don't understand why anyone would oppose the demolition. It's an eyesore, no-one wants to use it for anything - knock it down. Smarmy Arab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Don't understand why anyone would oppose the demolition. It's an eyesore, no-one wants to use it for anything - knock it down. a real eyesore is the church with scaffolding around it at the top of the high street.shouldn't the council knock that down.surely it would be much cheaper than knocking the city hall down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 a real eyesore is the church with scaffolding around it at the top of the high street.shouldn't the council knock that down.surely it would be much cheaper than knocking the city hall down. listed building i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 a real eyesore is the church with scaffolding around it at the top of the high street.shouldn't the council knock that down.surely it would be much cheaper than knocking the city hall down. You're right about the church. However, doesn't make the City Hall any less of an eyesore and wouldn't afford the same opportunities as knocking the City Hall down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiepat Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 i submitted a proposal when this subject asked for them,i wonder if it will be accepted now if i resubmit it again that the building be knocked down but retain the features on front of building(ie Brandenburg Gate,Arc de triumph etc) after all it worked in Woolich South London when they knocked the old barracks down to make way for the new prison fazman1977 and cjw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Why would you want to knock it down the infrastructure is sound, could be put to good use if the city planners used there heads and marketed it property, its use is limitless, I asked the question last year why there were only 300 tickets for poty awards to be told that was the capacity, you could get 1000+ in there. Edited March 6, 2014 by sixties saintee HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Why would you want to knock it down the infrastructure is sound, could be put to good use if the city planners used there heads and marketed it property, its use is limitless, I asked the question last year why there were only 300 tickets for poty awards to be told that was the capacity, you could get 1000+ in there. There's hardly a queue of people wanting to buy it or use it in any way though. The main reason I would like to see if knocked down though is that is a horrible, ugly building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myDarlingBeefeater Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 A 5 Star hotel! With nae windows. Keep on toking. I can see Gleneagles bricking up their windows to compete. The key fact from his article is: "More than £100,000 has been spent on the building’s maintenance since its closure". Smarmy Arab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 A 5 Star hotel! With nae windows. Keep on toking. I can see Gleneagles bricking up their windows to compete. The key fact from his article is: "More than £100,000 has been spent on the building’s maintenance since its closure". Correct. It's a drain on the public purse. Perth Council should be ashamed of themselves. More interested in harrassing a shopowner who paints her shop pink than sorting out any of the many eyesores in the city. Wendy Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Opposition to the demolition can be sent by email to developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk quoting application number 14/00292/LBC. Giving your name and address. Who should support of the demolition be emailed to? jhq and Jamie_Beatson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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