I've not had a lot to say on last week's Party Central debacle, because others have said it better than I could.
A central venue for people to gather and watch RWC games wouldn't be a bad thing, but more important is a long term plan for Queens Wharf. So the ARC decision is a sensible and pragmatic one.
It is debatable whether the sheds on the site have any heritage value. On the other hand, we have an appalling record of ripping down heritage buildings in this town; and we may find that future historians and architects judge us harshly for what we tear down today. So keeping one shed seems a reasonable compromise.
Those who think that the "Party Central" debacle proves yet again that Auckland local body politics is a shambles, would be right. But central government has to take some of the blame too. There has never been consensus on what to do with Queens Wharf. For Murray McCully to get in a lather because he didn't get his way merely shows the arrogance and hubris of the man.
If the Government are intent on having a Party Central done their way, then let them go for it. Just so long as they don't expect the ratepayers of Auckland to pick up the bill.
Monday, July 12, 2010
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A friend of mine is opening a new bar/nightclub in the Princess wharf facility. Called Sanctury.
ReplyDeleteIt is in the old "left Field" next to Lenin and the Ice Bar.
Opens 15th July from 4pm...
Should do well as the venue is spacious and well set out...
The sheds are ninety years old and look to me today as grotty as they did back in the sixties when I first became aware of them. Rip them down and put up something that will dazzle the public.
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