The authorities have just started giving bus tours of the CBD where there is still no public access, through sections where the roads are safe enough to do so (note passengers are not allowed to leave the bus). For those who are unable to take the tour, they've produced this video which follows the tour route with commentary from the man in charge of demolition.
This video is just over half an hour long. The commentary could be better: it won't always be clear to you exactly which building he's talking about. But you'll get the idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Lic4MCNek For me it's quite sobering to watch even after keeping up to date with photos taken both from street level and aerially. It's also good to get some authoritative info about some of the buildings I was uncertain about. I'm a mixed bag of emotions. I'm sad to have lost so much heritage, glad to be rid of a number of eyesores, excited about the potential for reconstruction, and worried that they'll fuck it up. My vote goes to put Kevin McCloud in charge of the rebuild... Cheers, Dave -- 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.
