Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅰️🅱️ Edition (Wednesday, June 19, 2024)
bull@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
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Does anybody care about a decommissioned control tower from 1966?? What a waste of money.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Unless it can be turned into something interesting for public use, like an observation tower, I don’t see the point of keeping it. Not everything has physical historical value worth preserving. Pull it down, plant a tree instead and make a pocket park where people can sit at lunchtime. Put up a plaque or info board if they are really keen, call it tower park and maximise the utility of public space. Anyway, welcome to my Ted talk for city planning.
bull@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Totally agree. I can imagine there’s like 15 people who’d be like “oh yeah my dad used to work in that tower I think” who might have the slightest nostalgia for it. If it was the tower which welcomed in the first ships to Melbourne or something I’d be better with it but it’s just a piece of industry from 57 years ago which happens to be tall.