this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Should not be legal

[–] coco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Urban car hell

[–] sortofblue 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope they're pressured into doing something decent with the carpark, like putting in trees and footpaths between the rows. Or making it multi-storey so they can stop wasting other space elsewhere. (As if)

[–] Ilovethebomb 3 points 1 year ago

I'd like to see the bricks and other materiel re-used in some way, perhaps as walls.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 1 year ago

"The rationale given by the council for demolishing the building is that it was too costly to refurbish and earthquake strengthen.

People always want to see these buildings saved, but someone else to pay for it.