No privatisation: keep the Powerhouse petition

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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,

 

 

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  • Stephen Harris
    signed 2015-02-27 19:49:32 +1100
  • Maureen Ellis
    signed 2015-02-27 19:46:01 +1100
  • Ken Davis
    signed 2015-02-27 19:44:03 +1100
    This is outrageous. The Powerhouse museum is centrally located and readily accessible to people visiting from all over. It makes a great day trip – Powerhouse + Darling Harbour. What a selfish and short sighted notion.
  • Frank Stilwell
    signed 2015-02-27 19:39:07 +1100
  • Alesoun Marsden
    signed 2015-02-27 19:38:23 +1100
  • Melissa Cooper-Findlay
    signed 2015-02-27 19:34:00 +1100
  • Claire Weir
    signed 2015-02-27 19:30:11 +1100
    No!!! The powerhouse museum must not sold. My children’s love of learning is in no small way linked to the decade we have spent exploring the museums exhibits. A wonderful building that should stay in public hands.
  • Annette Vincent
    signed 2015-02-27 19:21:14 +1100
  • Kati Haworth
    signed 2015-02-27 19:08:50 +1100
  • Linda Murdoch
    signed 2015-02-27 19:06:18 +1100
  • Brian Nicholls
    signed 2015-02-27 19:06:06 +1100
    The population density in the inner city area is unsustainable. The roads can’t cope with the cars. I don’t know what’s happening down in the sewers. I’m fed up with the Liberal gov giving public land to developers – and for a pittance.
  • Jennie Kirby
    signed 2015-02-27 19:02:47 +1100
  • Robert Haggett
    signed via 2015-02-27 19:02:10 +1100
  • Alison Turbit
    signed via 2015-02-27 18:57:05 +1100
    I have been visiting the Powerhouse since I was a child. I have taken my children there and look forward to taking my grandchildren soon.

    It is a historical icon of Sydney, please leave it alone.
  • Michelle Fallon
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-02-27 18:53:08 +1100
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  • Michelle Fallon
    signed 2015-02-27 18:52:43 +1100
    No more apartments! We must uphold community resources.
  • Anna Lee
    signed 2015-02-27 18:49:32 +1100
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  • Julie Brackenreg
    signed 2015-02-27 18:49:26 +1100
    We need both facilities – there is enough stored materials not currently on display in present Powerhouse facility to easily establish a second display space and public amenity in Western Sydney with little effort.
  • Dianne Stevens
    signed 2015-02-27 18:49:16 +1100
  • Lesley van Hamburg
    signed 2015-02-27 18:47:48 +1100
  • Narelle Skinner
    signed 2015-02-27 18:44:36 +1100
  • John Williams
    signed 2015-02-27 18:41:33 +1100
    As I believe that there are record numbers of new web start-ups occurring on the PHM doorstep, what gains are there in moving the museum to Parramatta? I’ll bet any relocated museum will be built adjacent to the existing museum warehouses, which aren’t at Parramatta; those are in the Hills.
  • Elaine Diffey
    signed 2015-02-27 18:40:40 +1100
    It is simply absurd to destroy a significant museum site in central Sydney. There must be provision for cultural facilities in western Sydney IN ADDITION to those in the centre. It is time the arts were given greater priority by the NSW government.
  • Maija Rove
    signed 2015-02-27 18:39:31 +1100
  • Heather Pereira
    signed 2015-02-27 18:37:13 +1100
  • Peter Orinuela
    signed 2015-02-27 18:29:05 +1100
  • Kerrie Barker
    signed 2015-02-27 18:26:57 +1100
    There would a MASSIVE drop in visitor numbers. People from overseas and interstate with limited time won’t make the effort to head to Parramatta.


    It’s current location is CENTRAL for the ENTIRETY Sydney and the surrounding areas of Wollongong, the Central Coast/Newcastle. Sydney is not JUST the Western Suburbs!

    I agree that different areas of Sydney should have cultural institutions, but to uproot an institution with so much history is a travesty.


    The $10million would be better spent establishing a regional gallery in a destination town. Just look at Bendigo gallery, or the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams,USA. People FLOCK to these regional centres- boosting the economy and enriching the area.
  • Robyn Elmslie
    signed 2015-02-27 18:26:42 +1100
  • Paula Thomas
    signed 2015-02-27 18:25:00 +1100
  • Amanda Mitchell
    signed via 2015-02-27 18:22:35 +1100