Brisbane's City Hall is sinking. Built on swampland, it could require demolition and some are proposing that as the only option. The world class historic landmark building is being attacked from all fronts - the foundations, concrete cancer and now parts of the general Brisbane public.
This is a major shock to me. Who could think of Brisbane without this landmark building. The interwar building was for some time Brisbane's greatest landmark and tallest building. It is on the logo of the biggest metropolitan council in the Southern Hemisphere and the imposing clock tower based on the design of St Mark's Campanile in Venice, Italy is an image burned into the very soul of most Brisbanites. Its expensive restoration in the 1980s returned it to being one of the finest pieces of interwar architecture in the entire country.
Should Brisbane lose this building, it would be the death knell for Brisbane's heritage and Brisbane's soul.
The $200 million price tag to keep it going, in my honest opinion, is well worth it.
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