Loss of Heritage
From:
Garry Moore
Date:
Aug 02 06:09 UTC
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Graeme
When we signed off on the upgrade of the Mall (which was really needed) the
Council was challenged during the submission process to look above the existing
verandas by the Historic Places Trust. We were amazed and the Mall design was
changed as a result of the submission.
My hope is that just as Lower High Street was enhanced by CCC going halves in
the painting of the Historic facades of the buildings (and its subsequent
revival as a retail area) with the large public investment in the Mall we might
see new investment in the buildings by the multitude of owners along Cashel
Street. We have already seen a brave investment by the owner of the buildings
down Upper High Street, where the Mall has nearly been completed, and that area
looks great. I trust as the Mall is completed that the other owners will
respond with equal passion as Michael has with his buildings. We need an
increase in foot traffic and customers to encourage new investment in the state
of buildings and new retail options. I am confident that this will happen.
Like lots of people I am sick of the shopping Malls and avoid them like the
plague.
Garry Moore
-----Original Message-----
From: graeme stanley [mailto:<email obscured>]
Sent: Saturday, 2 August 2008 5:36 p.m.
To: Canterbury Public Issues Forum
Subject: Re: [Canterbury Issues] Loss of Heritage
Hi Brendon, Irinka,Brian,Tim, Brendon I am aware of a plan change that is
underay at C.C.C. for the current town plan and will be following it as it
unfolds with interestI note your point that it is unclear any new or increased
protection there will be for heritage of our inner city.This afternoon whilst
listening to two friends singing in "Women in Harmony" outside Trade Aid in
City Mall for Amnesty International I had occasion in the sun to reflect on
the many historic building down the mall from the impressive columns of The
Bridge of Remembrance. We are spending as a city megadollars on an upgrade of
Citymall and there are many magnificent historic buildings including a rather
tatty Bells Arcade constructed in 1881 a Three storey brick building with
Distinctive Venetian Gothic detailing The windows and decorative arches and
upper decorative cornice are beautiful. This building designed by W.B. Armson
has a category one listing with The New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Next door there is another building of John Bates & Company and across the
road an original THE Press office and Whitcombe & Tombs old building designed
in 1906 by Collins & Harman Further down we have The old Gothic Styled Zetland
Hotel constructed in 1903 by significant architect Joseph Maddison Other famous
early businesses in City Mall were Fails Cafe Turnbull& Jones ,there building
sits on cnr City Mall & Oxford TCE. We cannot afford to allow these touchstones
of our past livesto be wantonly destroyed Heritage building humanise us . and
as Irinka said in a previous post they all have there stories.which should be
told for generations to come.Carpe diem to look up at City Mall next time you
do a little stroll. Cheers, Graeme
graeme stanley
ST ALBANS, CHRISTCHURCH
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