Opinion
With the future of another piece of Port Adelaide’s maritime heritage in the balance, historian Brian Samuels makes a case for the vast building to become the heart of a new precinct celebrating South Australian history.
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Heritage advocates have slammed a developer’s decision to knock down an historic boat shed in Port Adelaide, arguing the building is structurally sound and could be repurposed into a site similar to Plant 4 or Tonsley.
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Adelaide City councillors and heritage experts have warned a loophole in the city development plan could encourage property owners to allow local heritage-listed buildings to run to ruin.
City councillors have accused Planning Minister Stephan Knoll of misunderstanding key North Adelaide heritage regulations, even as they lobby him for new concessions to protect the historical buildings they say are under threat.
Nine buildings in North Adelaide lost heritage status because of “shortfalls” in the city council’s argument for their listing – not because the buildings lack historical value, the Planning Commission says.
Heritage advocates say they are ready to stand in front of bulldozers and launch a strident public campaign after the State Government rejected heritage status applications for nine North Adelaide buildings they say hold irreplaceable historical value for the state.
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