It'd be nice to preserve it but hideously expensive and very difficult to do safely. And that's before you consider trying to bring it up to modern earthquake standards. What's left of the building is badly cracked and considered unstable which is why the perimeter inside the fence is so wide.
Whatever the outcome it'd be nice to see some progress being made. I don't have a preference one way or the other. On a brighter note we also visited the great hall at the Arts Centre (the former university) which is built in the same neo-gothic style. The whole complex is being restored and strengthened and is looking pretty good so far. Cheers, Dave > On Dec 23, 2016, at 4:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have seen a number of these situations, and they always frustrate me. > > Personally, I would like to see a building like that preserved. I don't > own the buiding, however, the church does, and the church shouldn't be > forced to restore it. If the well-meaning "preservationists" was to save > it, let them raise the money to buy the property and restore the building. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:57 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> We went to the cheesemongers this morning but the shop was super busy so >> it wasn't a good idea for us to bring the baby's stroller in. While my >> wife queued for cheese I took my darling daughter for a walk and ended up >> in Cathedral Square. >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1033/#peso >> >> I shot this through a gate in the fence. >> >> There are a lot of politics going on behind the scenes here. The Anglican >> church, who own the cathedral and the land it's on, want to knock it down >> and replace it, but there's a vocal opposition who think it can be made >> safe and restored on a reasonable budget. Meanwhile the building continues >> to decay while all the money is being spent on lawyers. I'm actually >> surprised the recent 7.8 quake didn't make the decision for them. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
