Another landmark of Singapore will be gone soon...
New 7th Storey Hotel to make way for Downtown Line development
:cry:
New 7th Storey Hotel to make way for Downtown Line development
:cry:
Take photos while you can.. soon it will all be gone.
hmm.. maybe can organise a shoot, then have steamboat there ;p
The "this is JUST a 1950s hotel" or "this is JUST a shophouse" is kind of disturbing. What's even more disturbing is the excuse "its not worth to save the building". True heritage conservation should not be about purely money.
I don't think Singapore exist long enough to have many hotels build before 1950s.
Don't they understand, if we start to demolish buildings that are 60 years old, it will never reach 100 years old :think:
I guess someone up there has been waiting for this moment for very long, just look at the surrounding piece of land, can you imagine how much commerical value it will fetch!
Our leaders are practical, forward looking people .... totally have no sentimental values in their planning.
Even a simple facade, they can't even preserved!
In another 100 years from now, probably the only old structures that will remain in Singapore will be the ERP gentries, of course with the latest computer chips to work out complicated calculation such as how many ppl in yr vehicle, what's the latent weight, etc.... (it's all for the benefits of the nation, you know) .... :think:
to put it practically..... will it bring in additional revenue to keep the hotel? will it increase the tourism value of the area? does anyone really even care if this building and other buildings are gone?
The answer is no to all of the above..... hence sigh what motivation is there for keeping it around?