Civic pride - or civic price?
The last week of the CitySquare / UTG rumble this week... the "consultation" is still open for you to contribute your thoughts. If you want a "concrete lid" on the only central green space in Aberdeen - go for it, you tell them how much you hate nature in cities. if you want to see Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) kept - please just click "no" on the 3rd question (avoid those pesky weighted, contentious questions aimed to show "interest" in what would go INSIDE a CONCRETE BOX that will destroy UTG. You could always just sign the pro UTG petition with nearly 8,000 signatures on it... http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-new-contemporary-art-centre-in-union-terrace-gardens.htmlAnyway - the boss of the Marcliff (Stuart Spence) is "Ashamed of Aberdeen" and recommends his clients "wear a blindfold whilst visiting the city centre" - and it's the arts community that are supposed to be snobs and "exclusive" ? ah, you've got to love spin.
I was lucky enough to be able to showcase Aberdeen to some Swiss arts business men (interCult) - interested in working with Aberdeen to put on a festival linking European Port Cities - and I was proud to show them Union Street - the vista was stunning (helped with a little sprinkling of movie-esque snow). Just goes to show, eh - Civic pride comes from within - whereas civic price seems to be generated from greed and the quest for green (not grass that is).
Sad days indeed - only come to Aberdeen if you are interested in money and how they show it - by killing nature and raising business rates... welcome, welcome indeed.
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