McGregor Hall closed without warning

I would argue that Macgregor Hall has a heap of cultural significance in the use of the hall by dancing groups and for music gigs; and it could have been a bit prettier had the government thought to put a bit of money into the furnishings, fixing the toilets, making the back rooms more useable, etc.

But no, it’s more than 20 years old, off it goes.

Progress is not supposed to be about destruction.You don’t destroy something because it’s old.Where does it say that in order to progress you have to destroy everything more than five minutes old?

Do you throw out all your clothes as soon as they are no longer trendy and rush out to buy the latest thing just because it’s new?

I bought a new TV a few months ago, and it has this neat feature where you can freeze the image on the screen.

Some of you guys would love it.

Well you are going to have to tell me what a NIMBY is in the first place. Progress is great without it we wouldn’t have the wheel but it does not have to consist of ugly concrete boxes that do not fit in with the very specific Architecture of Canberra.

Progress is a double edged sword be careful you don’t cut yourself as you wield it about

Proudof Canberra said :

H1NG0 said :

If everyone was a NIMBY, we would still be using old Parliament House.

It’s a lot better looking than that thing on the Hill. Are you a builder by any chance?

LOL I knew you had to be a NIMBY. No I am not builder but I do believe in progress. You probably are against the demolition of the old airport terminal as well right? How about tarmac runways and roads?

qedbynature said :

Youtube of the event

I lost count of how many time they said umm and had no specific answer to the questions they were being asked. Especially about who was behind it.

If it’s that unsafe they’ll have to seal off the whole area.

Asbestos can be removed and buildings can be restored.

Either way the asbetos if as bad as they claim must prove a huge hazard to anybody working there.If it’s not safe for people to use it’s not safe to be demolished either.

Example:

An asbestos-containing building that is to be torn down may have to be sealed and to have its asbestos safely removed before ordinary demolition can be performed. The asbestos removal may take longer and cost more than the actual demolition. For example, the former seat of parliament of East Germany, the Palast der Republik, was stripped of most of its asbestos between 1998 and 2001, before it was finally demolished starting in 2006.

Will this be the case here?

Youtube of the event

Pandy said :

Saltwater, for two years the community groups using the hall were told to piss off. Sot they gradually did.

I am sure the Griffin Centre is useful for some, but what Canberra needs is a cheap cultural, community arts and crafts centre that makes this city more liveable. Hell Cooma has better facilities.

Liveability, does not = noise and the ability to buy a coffee every 20 metres.

As far as I’m aware the fees for the Griffin centre went up and up soon after the new one opened, to the point where many groups found other venues out of the city centre.

H1NG0 said :

If everyone was a NIMBY, we would still be using old Parliament House.

It’s a lot better looking than that thing on the Hill. Are you a builder by any chance?

If everyone was a NIMBY, we would still be using old Parliament House.