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Dear Premier,
I am writing to strongly protest against the sale of the Powerhouse building in Ultimo to property developers. This building is an integral part of Sydney’s unique landscape and should be kept for the public to enjoy.
The Powerhouse Museum is an important part of the city’s cultural life, and to see the building converted into apartments and taken away from the community is a disaster for all Australians.
Nationally significant buildings should be kept in public hands to ensure their preservation and long-term public use, rather than sold off to the highest bidder.
Yours sincerely,
4,786 SIGNATURES
GOAL: 3,000 signatures
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The fact that the place itself is going to be smaller and not even designed as a museum means that it’s going to end up not showing some of the bigger exhibits at all. Sydney really shouldn’t loose something as unique as this museum. It’s loosing enough importance as-is and a few harbours and beaches won’t be enough to save the place.
Please do no proceed with the current plan. It would diminish the Powerhouse, Parramatta, and ultimately the current NSW Liberal government. You have access to whatever expert advice that you need. Don’t listen to me, listen to the experts.
Lew Whitbourn
We should support a new museum in Parramatta, but NOT at the expense of closing this down. Also the current plan on a flood plain is irresponsible. And I have just read that the permanent collection will be kept in storage at Castle Hill.
Keep it in Our Powerhouse in Ultimo!
It is vandalism at its worse and I feel strongly that this plan should be stopped.
Thank you Jamie for your campaign to stop this.
As one long-term resident from Britain once said to me, “Sydney is beautiful, but it’s dead at its core.”