I HAVE read with some amusement the various contributions to the Shuttle/Times and News letters pages on the need to preserve the ex-Brintons Piano Building.
While agreeing that planners and developers have committed some heinous crimes locally, I can see no merit in saving any building left on the sole basis that it has a slightly unusual floor plan.
The building in question is an ugly, unremarkable leftover from the industrial age which would cost a small fortune to put into a useable condition and another fortune to maintain. This is probably the reason why it stood semi-derelict during the majority of my 40 years service with Brintons - and to what practical use could it be put?
No. Demolish the Piano Building - it will only need a small push. This will really open up the vista from the new college building, library, and bus terminus to a structure of real interest - Slingfield Mill.
This is a building that is worth treasuring. It is handsome, structurally sound, and readily adaptable to a range of cultural uses.
It would form an ideal focus for a heritage area on the canal waterfront.
Let us concentrate the preservation effort on the really worthwhile projects. Resources are too scarce to waste.
CHRISTOPHER PAGE
Manor Avenue South
Kidderminster
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