I'm gonna say that the upkeep and maintenance of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Grade 1 listed masterpiece such as you have there is going to be a staggering amount - these days councils have an ever decreasing pot of money to pay for everything that's lumped on them. I think letting the mega-rich Catholic Church pay for its upkeep, while not ideal, is a pretty fair compromise.
Yes,I think that was the primary reason for selling and I agree that it will have a decent future, but they accepted an extremely low bid in comparison to at least one bid I'm aware of that was far in advance of that... It's not important to me in terms of Council budgets as I come under North Lanarkshire Council but if I did come under their jurisdiction I'd be asking the question. That said,I'll keep a close eye on developments going forward as it is a stunning building,inside and out and I'd like to see it renovated.
It should be important to you, the majority of council funding isn't from council tax, it's from central government. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I don't come under their jurisdiction,Glasgow Council budgets and funding are of no consequence to me. In some ways,I wish they were my council as their Council Tax 'only' rose by 7.5%,mine went up 10%...
I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing the works commence,I'm very fond of that building for some unknown reason.There's also a Rennie Mackintosh School in Scotland St that's currently closed for major refurbishment,that's a stunning building inside and out.
I vaguely recall that we might have discussed this before, but have you been to Hill House at Helensburgh? Absolutely amazing place, for all sorts of reasons. Edit - indeed we have on this very thread https://not606.com/threads/hull-city-centre-public-realm-strategy.303118/page-391#post-15513369
You do you mate, no pressure. We loved it though - so so interesting in terms of just how radical CRM was. Though to the point that his leading edge design was just falling apart as it encountered real Scottish weather over an alarmingly short period of time.
Two classy street levels bars back in the day and one of the best amateur football teams in the region. Massive loss to the city centre as is having the Royal Station Hotel and now it looks like this one full of people who don't spend anything in the city centre. City centre hotels should be places visitors seek out and want to stay a few nights in when vising the area, whilst adding to the local economy and spending in the local shops, bars and attractions, thus creating jobs.
As well as visitors it’s important to have available hotel space for business users as well. I imagine many are taken during the week by road workers
The stupidity of Councils and "rules and regulations" Just seen this on Wrecking Balls social media "Today after a visit from a council employee we have been told that we can no longer use our A-Boards outside for advertising our upcoming shows etc - this also applies to every business on Whitefriargate - the reason given is that it's a public highway - I have challenged this decision but our landlords ( Trinity House) have confirmed that technically this is correct - they like us are baffled by this We spend a considerable amount of money to bring quality acts to the venue and we attract people from all over the country to the shows ( bringing revenue into the city by way of bars / restaurants / hotels ) so this seems somewhat unfair to say the least , but we will continue to put our posters in the windows etc so if you do not see A-Boards outside we are not closed but unable to put them out !"
And yet other businesses get permission to expand all over the footpath or don't get challenged when they do it without permission.
Wasn't this mentioned in the past the A Boards was being removed, could've even have been as far back as last year or the year before?
Wonder if they're looking for anyone to carry a sandwich board for them? (Desperate Dan The Man,Glasgow).
These ****ing jobsworths need to get their arse down Spring Bank and have a word with the shop owners down there.
