The murder of Wanchai vibrant street 灣仔的街道空間將被扼殺

The murder of Wanchai vibrant street 
灣仔的街道空間將被扼殺

We can still stop the murder of Wanchai. Vibrant streets with its myriad of small shops are being replaced with blank walls, car park and service entrances.

We urge you to object and submit your comment to planning application A/H5/411 before the deadline, 7 August 2018 (Tue). Click here.

“We object to rezoning from the area from Residential to Commercial. Requirements for parking and (un-)loading facilities, service entrances together with greening guidelines kill the street frontage. Active street frontages are the character of Wanchai and must be maintained.”

Background

Swire has acquired a large block of shops along the street with residential units above at 46-56 Queen's Road East, 2-12 Anton Street and 1-11 Landale Street.

This hive of activity and interest will be replaced with a deadly office development. The ground level enjoyment will be decimated and replaced with a goods vehicle parking area, a car parking entrance and building services.

What is about to happen can be clearly seen at the adjacent site, 28 Hennessy Road. Here the same developer has replaced the previously active street front with a deadly large empty hole.

This massacre of our city has to stop.

The developers claim that they can’t do better. With big tears they blame the poor outcome on the compounding requirements put upon them by the Transport Department, Buildings Department, Fire Services Department, Planning Department and Lands Department.

The developers, professionals and government are urged to resolve this. In the meantime, the public should let the Town Planning Board know that enough is enough. 

We want vibrant streets instead of blank walls with gaping holes and some fake greening.

Active street frontage replaced with deadly hole at Hennessy Road 28 
軒尼斯道28號原有的開放環境，被換上空洞、了無生氣的設施


This Wanchai street front of small shops at Landale Street will become a big gaping hole
蘭杜街的街道，將來會被換為巨型卻毫無意義的空間

Proposed development at 46-56 Queen's Road East, 2-12 Anton Street and 1-11 Landale Street will kill the active street frontage and replace it with a deadly hole of nothing
皇后大道東46至56號、晏頓街2至12號以及蘭杜街1至11號的發展計畫，將會把現有的開放格局破壞，變成一個個封閉式的洞穴設計

對灣仔的街道空間將扼殺至今仍可避免。

灣仔熱鬧的街道與百花齊放的小店，正悄悄地被計劃以空洞的牆、停車場及商廈取替。

我們呼籲閣下在8月7日（星期二）限期前，一同*按此*反對並就A/H5/411規劃申請提交意見：

「我們反對將相關地段由居住用途更改為商業用途。在商業用途發展下，停車場、上落貨設施、商廈大門以及綠化要求，勢將徹底破壞現有街道景觀及格局，而這些充滿活力的社區格局正正是灣仔的特色所在，理應獲得保留。」

事情背景：

太古集團收購了皇后大道東46至56號、晏頓街2至12號以及蘭杜街1至11號一大片地段的商舖及住宅。

發展商對此興致勃勃，最終只會令灣仔冒出一式一樣的商廈，現有地下的休憩玩樂空間，亦會被換為上落貨停車場，汽車停車場以及商廈設備。

整個發展規劃可預期將重蹈軒尼斯道28號覆轍，其中的發展商正正將原有開放式的街道格局更改為了無生氣的空洞。

我們必須停止這個城市災難。

發展商單方面指現有計畫已經是現況下最好的計劃，他們更像苦主般，將一切責任指向運輸署、屋宇署、消防處、規劃署及地政總署各自對他們施加的規限及要求。

我們強烈要求發展商、專業人士及政府部門盡快解決問題，與此同時，公眾亦應敦促城規會立即令這場鬧劇畫上句號。

我們要的是充滿活動空間開放的社區格局，而非一式一樣由空牆及空有其表的綠化設施堆砌成的灣仔。