On Sunday, October 09, 2011 8:56 PM, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been mulling over an idea recently which you may or may not be > interested in. > > Since our earthquake way back in February there have been 1,227 buildings > marked for demolition and that number still seems to be growing (there > were 65 added last week). Most are in the CBD but many are also in the > outer suburbs. > > About a quarter of them are listed heritage buildings. Among the others > are several large (by our standards) hotel and office towers including > some very modern buildings. AFAIK our Town Hall is still in doubt and > I'm not sure about the fate of both the Anglican and Catholic cathedrals. > > As you might understand, many people are quite upset about the loss of > history and the way the landscape in our central city is changing. > > Because of this I'm wondering if we could each go out and photograph our > favourite building, or at least dig a nice pic out of the archives. The > rules I've thought of so far are as follows: > > 1. It must currently be standing (unoccupied is ok, as is derelict) > 2. It must be in your current town or city of residence. I could be > flexible and allow your home town as well. > 3. You'd have to write a short passage to explain why you like it and/or > why it's important to you. > 4. You must own the copyright or have permission from the copyright > holder (I would prefer if you took the photo but if your spouse or a > close relative did, that's fine by me). > > I'll accept any reason for rule #3, it doesn't have to be a work of > architectural beauty. I'm more interested in why it's significant to > YOU. > > Would anyone be interested? It's only an idea at this stage. I was > thinking about starting a whole website for it but that may be a bit over > the top. However it may be feasible for a local audience so I'm sitting > tight on that one.
Yeah, I'll have a go, although there's not much to choose from here. Castlereagh never had much in the way of substantial buildings - historically it's been a farming area and more recently most of it has been quarried out and will eventually become a large series of waterways. However, there's one building that would be worth inclusion in the project. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
