Mcgregor Hall Heritage application rejected

But I’ll still stick with the premise that it has no real significance whatsoever

I think you’re probably on the money there anyway Thunmper. I think their best chance for building a case might have been “social” value or at a pinch “rarity” (given the propensity for pre-fab temporary buildings to be demolished).

Gungahlin Al said :

Just the roof lying on the ground this morning (still completely assembled). And that’s coming down now.

BTW how does one demolish a building from the bottom up??

I noticed that on the weekend too and found it a bit odd. My only guess is they did it that because they want to recycle the roofing material???

Seriously, go and have a look at the Burra Charter and see what it says about heritage significance

I’m going to have to call you on that one Thumper. The Burra Charter provides a best practice framework for the conservation and management of places of cultural significance. It isn’t about determining what makes the cut and what doesn’t. The associated Guidelines to the Burra Charter provide a framework for assessing significance, but here too the focus is on the best approach to assessing significance rather than what is and what isn’t significant.

But back to Macgregor Hall.

A failure to gain interim protection would most likely be the result of failing to convince the ACT Heritage Council that the hall was able to address one or more of the criteria for inclusion on the ACT Heritage Register. I’m guessing that the proponents of the application would have gone for criteria D and H and possibly F or G. Nevertheless it seems that they were unable to demonstrate a likelihood of significance that got above threshold for inclusion on the register.

Just the roof lying on the ground this morning (still completely assembled). And that’s coming down now.

BTW how does one demolish a building from the bottom up??

It’s just a memory. A memory, of the way we were.

Tha is why they need a hip youngster to run government. Not some grumpy grandpa

harvyk1 said :

It’s a hall (and an ugly looking one at that) which I don’t think has been the scene for any major events (notable outside of the ACT), inside it’s nothing more special than the local community houses \ scout halls, and in any case you’d be able to find such things near the city.

A similar rationale could apply to pensioner’s, but then you remember that to a few people they’re Grandma.

Good. A victory for progress. This is McGregor Hall we are talking about, not Albert Hall. McGregor hall is nothing special. There are already way too many heritage listed dumps in Canberra. Callam offices is one prime example. It may be a bit different, but its a wreck.

Seriously, under what sort of criteria would it fit under a heritage listing? It’s a hall (and an ugly looking one at that) which I don’t think has been the scene for any major events (notable outside of the ACT), inside it’s nothing more special than the local community houses \ scout halls, and in any case you’d be able to find such things near the city.