Western Australia . . . leader in heritage protection . . . .

In my home town, there is a lovely heritage-listed building, the Guildford Hotel. It was struck by arson a couple of years ago, leaving the main building gutted and without a roof.. For all that time, the owners have pontificated and promised and umm'ed and aahhh'd and . . . guess what? . . . still no roof. Not even a lousy corrugated iron lean-to to protect what's left of the building's interior from the elements.

There are mean-spirited folk in the local community who see this as yet another example of an emasculated State Government allowing the big end of town to do what they want, when they want. Others see it as yet another example of State-sanctioned "demolition by neglect". We unequivocally chastise such un-neighbourly thoughts. We know there is a very good reason for leaving this iconic and historic old building to stand alone against the elements, year after year. Of course there is. To suggest otherwise is . . . ummm . . . aaahhhh . . . 

So, where to now?

We can take photographs highlighting the neglect:

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. . . or write a poster supportive of the building's owners . . .

© 2011 Sheldon Levis

. . . . or post the odds of something happening soon . . .

© 2011 Sheldon Levis

. . . . or do nothing. With the heavy winter rains finally here (we're in the southern hemisphere remember) we may not have to think about what to do for much longer.