Landscaping architecture - Holburne Museum, Bath, England

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Holburne Museum, Bath, England - Extension refused!

Holburne

2007-07-28, 9:25 am

www.HaltTheHolburne.com

The Holburne Museum, Bath, England, has had the planning application refused
by Bath's Development Control Committee.

This is good news indeed.

But the battle is not over. The Holburne museum is planning to appeal. The
local MP, Don Foster, is trying the get the Heritage Lottery Fund to extend
their funding decision deadline, to accommodate the appeal process.

So, please go to the website, and help with the fight.

The Holburne must be prevented from further diluting classical city of stone
with glass and tile. See www.HaltTheHolburne.com for details.

Regards
Vince

RicodJour

2007-07-28, 9:25 am

On Jul 28, 7:19 am, "Holburne" <halttheholbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> www.HaltTheHolburne.com
>
> The Holburne Museum, Bath, England, has had the planning application refused
> by Bath's Development Control Committee.
>
> This is good news indeed.
>
> But the battle is not over. The Holburne museum is planning to appeal. The
> local MP, Don Foster, is trying the get the Heritage Lottery Fund to extend
> their funding decision deadline, to accommodate the appeal process.
>
> So, please go to the website, and help with the fight.
>
> The Holburne must be prevented from further diluting classical city of stone
> with glass and tile. Seewww.HaltTheHolburne.comfor details.

How about if they put a glass and steel bubble over the entire city,
pump in argon gas and evict all the people? That should preserve it
for a long time.

R

Michael Bulatovich

2007-07-28, 1:25 pm

"RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote in message
news:1185626278.201114.159320@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 28, 7:19 am, "Holburne" <halttheholbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> How about if they put a glass and steel bubble over the entire city,
> pump in argon gas and evict all the people? That should preserve it
> for a long time.

At least priorityman got off his keester and did something about a situation
that bugged him....instead of merely sitting around whining about how no one
listens to him, the way most people do. It's his town, and a fairly notable
one from an architectural/historical point of view, so I'm guessing the
issue of context is more important there than in your average American
strip. I just hope he knows what he's doing...

Holburne

2007-10-06, 1:25 pm

I know what I'm doing. Unfortunately, the Heritage Lottery Fund, an
organisation set up to spend lottery money, does not. They have extended
the deadline on their funding decision to allow the Holburne trustees to
lodge an appeal against the decision.

This is the HLF adopting dual standards, and giving the Holburne extra time
to subject Bath to this vandalism.

So, the battle begins again. Another application to stop. Another fight to
save Bath's heritage from the destruction of medal chasing architects. Bath
does not need award winning buildings. It is a gem all by itself, preserved
in a century and a half of being unfashionable. Now it is fashionable
again, the developers are circling, ready to pick off any development
opportunity, at the expense of the city's uniqueness.

Regards from www.HaltTheHolburne.com
Vince

"Michael Bulatovich" <Please@dont.try> wrote in message
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>
> "RicodJour" <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote in message
> news:1185626278.201114.159320@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> At least priorityman got off his keester and did something about a
> situation that bugged him....instead of merely sitting around whining
> about how no one listens to him, the way most people do. It's his town,
> and a fairly notable one from an architectural/historical point of view,
> so I'm guessing the issue of context is more important there than in your
> average American strip. I just hope he knows what he's doing...
>

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