City tower
Sir, —The south-east corner of Armagh and Colombo Streets is for sale (April 18) and our problems all resolved. Tourist Towers will buy the site. There the tower will stand, earthquakeproof, in correct axial relationship and leaving Victoria Square unpillaged. No need to realign and freehold unused road space in Victoria Square and sell or lease it dirt cheap to a private developer. No need to assess unpredictability of tourism nor
compare Sydney’s 3,000,000 population with ours of 300,000 when considering patronage. Whether the view is worth $20,000,000 or the tower just an expensive gimmick becomes irrelevant. When towers become unfashionable the over-burdened ratepayer will not have to demolish it nor the council be charged with gullibility. Add has not threatened terrorism closed the London Post Office tower, lessening overseas competition? Sydney’s harbour andi Opera House are nothing to our estuary and fine expanse of corrugated iron roofing. Who could resist sunrise on sewage ponds while eating pie in the sky? Unless, at $20,000,000, meal prices become a bit high! — Yours, etc., M. PRENTICE. April 21, 1987,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19870424.2.99.11
Bibliographic details
Press, 24 April 1987, Page 16
Word Count
179City tower Press, 24 April 1987, Page 16
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.