I'm outraged by the news today that the State Government has approved the demolition of another of Melbourne CBD's surviving art deco buildings to make way for... a wider access lane to a new shopping complex.
Despite a heritage overlay which was supposed to protect Lonsdale House, the State Govt has agreed to its demolition, and the Melbourne City Council has declined to intervene (the Age).
And so another piece of the city's history will be wiped out to make way for a new shop. I thought we outgrew this sort of vandalism 40 years ago. What a disgrace.
... follow-up opinion piece from the Age on 29 July.
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