I have seen a number of these situations, and they always frustrate me. Personally, I would like to see a building like that preserved. I don't own the buiding, however, the church does, and the church shouldn't be forced to restore it. If the well-meaning "preservationists" was to save it, let them raise the money to buy the property and restore the building.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:57 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > We went to the cheesemongers this morning but the shop was super busy so > it wasn't a good idea for us to bring the baby's stroller in. While my > wife queued for cheese I took my darling daughter for a walk and ended up > in Cathedral Square. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1033/#peso > > I shot this through a gate in the fence. > > There are a lot of politics going on behind the scenes here. The Anglican > church, who own the cathedral and the land it's on, want to knock it down > and replace it, but there's a vocal opposition who think it can be made > safe and restored on a reasonable budget. Meanwhile the building continues > to decay while all the money is being spent on lawyers. I'm actually > surprised the recent 7.8 quake didn't make the decision for them. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
