> It was also clarified during the session that the cost would be spread over the next 20/25 years.
So that’s 20ish million a year. Maybe the City has some sort of massive, 800 year old fund they could pull money from?
> By the end of March 2016, it had net assets of £2.3 billion,[6] while Duncan said the Cash estate generated a “reasonably respectable £210 million a year.”[2]
I love the barbican!
Knock it down and rebuild it
Shoddy construction using sub-par metrials, just like the 1830s Palace of Westminster. So much for the City of London somehow promoting the long-term view because it is insulated from scrutiny and accountability.
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Luckily it’s filled with millionaires who can afford to fix it 👍
The last two lines in the article prove the real point here.
Residents complained for years about Bastion House. Once reality of disruption for a few years dawned on them, they have seemingly formed an ‘Action Group’ Whose main objective seems to be ‘inaction’
Anyone else remember the judicial review for the school?
The residents kiboshed the planning application, on the basis that the Museum building and Bastion House should be redeveloped instead for the extension of the school. Now they’re arguing that those buildings shouldn’t be redeveloped at all. The ultimate NIMBYs
~~It’s not a “carbon crime” to build housing in a city with a housing shortage, especially if that housing is going to be within walking distance of residents’ workplaces (as it almost certainly will be)~~. If residents of the Barbican don’t want the repairs to be funded that way, then they should pay towards the costs of the arts centre on their doorstep.
Edit: my bad, it’s offices not housing.
It’s an awful eyesore and we need housing. This is a perfect opportunity to demolish and build tall. Especially now the museum of London has gone.
Nimbys gonna nimby.
I hope any works don’t modernise the look of the place in any way. I get such a nostalgia hit whenever I visit.
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It’s so hideous, I’m shocked people think otherwise
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> It was also clarified during the session that the cost would be spread over the next 20/25 years.
So that’s 20ish million a year. Maybe the City has some sort of massive, 800 year old fund they could pull money from?
> By the end of March 2016, it had net assets of £2.3 billion,[6] while Duncan said the Cash estate generated a “reasonably respectable £210 million a year.”[2]
I love the barbican!
Knock it down and rebuild it
Shoddy construction using sub-par metrials, just like the 1830s Palace of Westminster. So much for the City of London somehow promoting the long-term view because it is insulated from scrutiny and accountability.
[deleted]
Luckily it’s filled with millionaires who can afford to fix it 👍
The last two lines in the article prove the real point here.
Residents complained for years about Bastion House. Once reality of disruption for a few years dawned on them, they have seemingly formed an ‘Action Group’ Whose main objective seems to be ‘inaction’
Anyone else remember the judicial review for the school?
The residents kiboshed the planning application, on the basis that the Museum building and Bastion House should be redeveloped instead for the extension of the school. Now they’re arguing that those buildings shouldn’t be redeveloped at all. The ultimate NIMBYs
~~It’s not a “carbon crime” to build housing in a city with a housing shortage, especially if that housing is going to be within walking distance of residents’ workplaces (as it almost certainly will be)~~. If residents of the Barbican don’t want the repairs to be funded that way, then they should pay towards the costs of the arts centre on their doorstep.
Edit: my bad, it’s offices not housing.
It’s an awful eyesore and we need housing. This is a perfect opportunity to demolish and build tall. Especially now the museum of London has gone.
Nimbys gonna nimby.
I hope any works don’t modernise the look of the place in any way. I get such a nostalgia hit whenever I visit.
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It’s so hideous, I’m shocked people think otherwise