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LETTERS: Landmark buildings shouldn’t be left to rot
I WAS delighted to see the Evening Times highlighting the increasing problem of our landmark listed buildings being left to rot (A Nightmare on Renfield Street, January 8 ).
Glasgow is sadly infamous for the number of its historic buildings that have gone on fire in mysterious circumstances while sitting empty, or which have had to be demolished due to their deteriorating condition.
Let's hope something similar is not the eventual fate for the Odeon - one of Scotland's finest 1930s buildings.
Sadly, the old Odeon building is by far from an isolated example - developers were granted permission to convert the old Olympia Theatre at Bridgeton Cross to flats. Several years - and one fire - later, it is still empty and decaying.
With a bit of imagination these landmark buildings could, and should, be brought back into use. The council needs to be encouraged to actively use their legal powers to force owners to make repairs and maintain these buildings; a survey in England showed that having a building listed actually adds around 20% to its market value.
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