Councillor Phillip Black, who has been listening to local concerns about retaining more of the heritage in Kings Cross, says he is not happy about the cutting-back of the Normandy Building awning (See story below).
He has checked and has been told the owners gave consent to Council for the work.
He said the awning was not included as 'heritage' under the previous Council's planning, despite Darlinghurst Road being listed as a heritage streetscape under former SSCC policy.
The awning was being cut back according to the City Council's Awning Policy, which Cr Black says needs to be changed.
'But that is another process,' he said.
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What's with this cutting back of awnings anyway? I would think that in a climate like ours, where skin cancer is practically epidemic that we should be keeping all the shade we can get. Hopefully Council will change their awning policy before someone sues them.
The cut back awnings are all over Sydney. It provides plenty of light without getting sunburn.
Its all about light-not direct sunshine.
Council are chopping a couple of metres or so off the exiting metal and timber awnings making them narrower. That's a couple of extra metres along the footpaths that you can't get any protection from the sun.
Council are chopping a couple of metres or so off the exiting metal and timber awnings making them narrower. That's a couple of extra metres along the footpaths that you can't get any protection from the sun.
It's shelter from the rain that I most value from awnings. There will be a heap more umbrellas poking people's eyes, if it ever rains again.
I believe that the averag cut back amounts to about 300mm. That is a third of a meter. Not a big deal. It provides more light than before and also provides plenty of shelter.
Forget about the drought, Sydney has significantly more sunny days than rainy days.
And for the nonsense about skin cancer. If you are so worried about it why don't you put on your hat when you cross the road. Maybe you will sue the council for not covering the crossings as well.
Then again sue the government for daylight saving and encouraging people to spend more time with healthy activities in the sun.
You have more chance of getting mugged by a junkie than getting cancer in the Cross.
Hmmm....the editor wears a hat......could be to protect himself from the sun when crossing the road.
They're destroying heritage awnings for the sake of 300mm? You've got to be kidding!
The editor does indeed wear a hat -- because skin cancer about the ears etc is a very real risk in this ozone-depleted land.
Re the awnings -- the nicer ones such as Normandy and, I note the Council's own building (old Woolworths) are obviously being cut back a lot more than 300mm. More like a metre +. Go have a look. You'll find 300mm is the minimim.
Doing it to their own art deco building shows what hypocrites they are as they have pleaded 'agreements with the owner' as reason for having to go ahead with others.
They are the bloody owner. It's gotta be short and it's gotta be grey -- typical bureaucrat's view, don't you think?
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