Neue Mitte Fürth/Destruction of Fürth to proceed
am 15.07.2008 von http://transblawg.eu
I have been remiss in not publishing last Thursdays shocker: a Portuguese concern looks likely to replace part of the centre of Fürth with a huge glassed-in shopping centre.
Photos in next entry.
Links to the local rag and a heated discussion in German at zonebattlers blog.
It looks as if the town council will consent to the project on July 30th. It has been hushed up until now.
The prospective investor, Sonae Sierra, is also responsible for the rather unattractive Alexa Center in Berlin.
One negative aspect might be the intention to use the first railway as a theme. This could be quite trivial. Some of the underground stations already have tiled versions of the train, which seems enough to me.
A positive aspect would be the resurrection of the first-floor banqueting hall in the Park Hotel - the hotel itself would go - which no-one ever sees. The hotel has been altered several times and is not listed, but I imagine the hall should be. It would be used for restaurants and cafés, well, better than not seeing it at all.
In the Stadtheimatpflegers latest PDF newsletter there is a photo of the hall in 1913 which I cant find anywhere else (click on Rundbriefe). I have pinched it:
I think that this would be more than a small comfort (kleiner Trost). I am very keen to see it.
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