Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:06 pm
I'm on one of these Facebook groups called Developing Cardiff, foolishly, I thought that name would mean it's fairly pro development but it's just full of the usual anti change brigade with no understanding or will to understand economic realities. People seriously argue that the bus station and St David's house is great lost to the city, or that pedestrianisation is a bad thing including even Queen Street which as done what, 40+years ago? I think peoplemoaning about everything like this makes it harder to protect actually important buildings. It means legitimate concerns get lost in the noise of blatant NIMBYism.
As for music venues, I do think this is a problem and the city needs to find areas where these venues can thrive safely, Womanby Street should absolutely be protected as one of these. However, Porters is in a weird location to begin with, one that is obvious for development and can't support any further venues if it was to be protected. It's a great place and I hope they can find a new home somewhere but I don't see any moral issue with how they are being treated - as opposed to what happened to 10feettall for example.