No privatisation: keep the Powerhouse petition

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,

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E J signed 2016-02-18 12:58:14 +1100

Baird just wants to use the site for more apartments…not about culture for western Sydney. He is a liar and someone who does not give a stuff about anything but making money for business. Smells of a former labour member in court currently

He is ruining the inner west from his Manly base. Cant see any big development plans happening over there
Dorothy McDonagh signed 2016-02-18 12:48:12 +1100

I love bringing my kids into the city and visiting the Powerhouse. I love that building. I will not be visiting the new museum in Parramatta.
Andrew Mcnamara signed 2016-02-18 12:13:17 +1100
Richard Derewlany signed 2016-02-18 11:20:32 +1100
Karen Dunn signed 2016-02-18 11:00:04 +1100

I went to the PH museum from the central coat this last weekend with three children. Cheap $15.00 parking close by the GREAT amenities of Sydney and Chinatown. Walked through an awesome water park and cool buildings – a total SYDNEY experience. Let Parramatta find something else to make it worthwhile. Leave Sydney alone. It’s for everybody. That is what a city centre actually is! You don’t need to share the love around the suburbs of the West as you’re making what makes Sydney so awesome so much less for everyone.
Brian Butler signed 2016-02-18 10:53:42 +1100

Stop this blantend land grab. You just want to make money selling this prime piece of Sydney realestate.

I am sick of seeing Sydney slowly destroyed by this kind of dirty deal.
Marilyn O'Neill signed via Michael O'Neill 2016-02-18 09:46:38 +1100

Their are plenty of public uses for this building and site it should not be given to developers for private gain

If everything keeps being privatized then there is no need for government
Dorothy Davis signed 2016-02-18 09:19:37 +1100
Sally McCallum signed 2016-02-18 08:54:50 +1100

Why??? It’s perfect where it is!
Joanna Pullen signed 2016-02-18 08:49:39 +1100
Pat S signed 2016-02-18 08:46:06 +1100

Build another one at Parramatta.
Nicole Love signed 2016-02-18 08:04:39 +1100

Thank you for being a voice of reason, we will have nothing left for our children and grandchildren besides high rise apartments and shops.
Mary Sandstrom posted about this on Facebook 2016-02-18 07:59:34 +1100
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Heather Pearce signed 2016-02-18 07:47:14 +1100

The building itself is integral to the much loved experience. It saved my mind on rainy days when my son was small – the space itself is glorious and undervalued. Building up the arts/education precinct whilst ridding it of its jewel is plain stupid. For those of us relying on public transport it is well serviced. Keep it where it is .
Julia Stapleton signed 2016-02-18 00:08:55 +1100
Peter Burling signed 2016-02-17 21:05:03 +1100
Janine Brown signed 2016-02-17 21:04:22 +1100
Maureen Henderson signed 2016-02-17 09:39:40 +1100
Gary Nicklin signed 2016-02-15 20:47:53 +1100
Mark le Cornu signed via Christine Murtagh 2016-02-08 14:41:30 +1100

It’s just crazy to sell off the most popular museum in Sydney. Before creating more high density housing fix the roads in city so they can handle the existing traffic caused by the many factories converted to thousands of units. Why didn’t you get the developers to fix the roads as part of the deal of development???
Christine Murtagh posted about this on Facebook 2016-02-08 00:22:10 +1100
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Ron Foley signed 2016-02-07 19:40:18 +1100

Lets keep this one and build one out West, perhaps levy the casino that will steal from the poor
Toni Warburton signed via Margaret Roberts 2016-02-01 10:34:40 +1100

Keep the Powerhouse Museum and its historic collections at the Harris St site and keep them in public ownership. This museum and its inception represent an essential first chapter in a national story of invention and ingenuity. Founders, artist Lucien Henry and botanist Maiden had the vision to consolidate a significant part of the material culture of Sydney’s colonial history at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in the historic brick buildings across the road where Sydney TAFE continues to house innovative design education.

The living history of the city of Sydney, a relatively new city, is most meaningful to its inhabitants and its visitors when presented as relevant continuity within its evolving and protected architectural fabric. Predating reuse of industrial sites such as the TATE Modern by decades the relocation of our museum to the other side of Harris St into the ingeniously re-purposed and renamed Powerhouse Museum reflected and documented the design and invention and creative vision that shaped Australian national identity throughout the post WW11 second half of the 20th century.

Get private funding to build a build a bigger contemporary local/ global 21st Century interactive extension out west. Keep the 20th Century Powerhouse Museum and its 19th and 20th century collections in Harris St.
Neil Berecry-Brown signed via Margaret Roberts 2016-02-01 07:04:35 +1100
Margaret Roberts signed 2016-01-31 15:30:22 +1100
Christina Pender signed 2016-01-31 12:42:44 +1100
Leigh MacKay signed 2016-01-31 12:39:14 +1100

The Powerhouse Museum is a major educational, research and entertainment resource for ALL Sydneysiders, and its current CBD location makes it most conveniently accessible, especially via public transport, to residents, young and old, in the north, south, east and west of Sydney. Moving it to Parramatta would severely reduce this accessibility, especially to residents north, south and east of the CBD. There is no reason that Parramatta could not house an annex or local “branch” of the Museum, thus sharing this unique resource with the rest of Sydney.

Leigh Mackay
Lise Cruickshank signed 2016-01-29 23:29:37 +1100
Phillip Cameron signed 2016-01-29 10:52:54 +1100

The Powerhouse Museum is important culturally and has historical relevance for Sydney and the nation. The Powerhouse building and site was preserved as a technology museum for the public to enjoy as an educational and recreational resource. As such it is priceless in its location for the general public! Short term gain for a Liberal government, long term financial gain for private developers. The Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo is also a vital component of the Inner City area and its importance for tourism. The Ultimo Powerhouse is an important component of the Inner West Harbour redevelopment which is important for tourism for Sydney.

Western Sydney already has a Powerhouse Museum in Casula. Perhaps it should be expanded. If Western Sydney would benefit from another Powerhouse location in Western Sydney, then it should be in addition to the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo – Not as a replacement for the Ultimo museum. There are a huge number of residents who do not live in Western Sydney and who would like the historically important central location, close to Sydney Harbour, to remain.
Lillian Kristall signed 2016-01-28 09:51:14 +1100

Feel strongly that we should keep the powerhouse where it is – further cultural and scientific instituitions could also be built in Parramatta as well.