Government office block with water views is a disgrace

Letters to the editor

In April, Gosford City Council reaffirmed its decision not to build the Performing Arts complex on the waterfront Poppy Field site, as Council’s preferred location is the old Gosford Public School site.

Terrigal Member of Parliament, Mr Adam Crouch, and Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Scot MacDonald, are adamant that the Performing Arts Centre should be built on the Poppy Field, otherwise the State Government $12 million grant would be in jeopardy. Why? State Government can and has changed its mind on policy many times, for example, in relation to the greyhound racing industry. It is a disgrace that a six storey State government office block with waterside views will be built on this unique gateway site.

Imagine from Vaughan Ave looking north, a garden complementing the Poppy Field, an open air concert entertainment area, an appropriately designed building encompassing a 1000/1500 seating performance hall, conference centre, an acoustically designed 500 seat music/concert hall, conservatorium, restaurant and café with views to Brisbane Water plus a space for a performing art school to cater for the 300 plus students who now travel to Sydney or Newcastle. A concept plan would encompass all of this plus car, taxi and bus travel concerns.

Letter, Nov 8, 2016 Malcolm Brooks, Gosford