{"id":2902,"date":"2021-07-15T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2021-07-15\/2902"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T01:50:55","slug":"demolishing-an-almost-new-building-because-why-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2021-07-15\/2902","title":{"rendered":"Demolishing an Almost-New Building, Because Why Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBeauty is Fleeting<\/span>\n(Former) Wedding Venue Rokusisui (\u65e7\u516d\u7d72\u6c34),<\/span> Kyoto Japan\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

This photo is from a blog post seven years ago, “<\/span>Exposing for\nSingle-Shot HDR (Sort Of)<\/a>”<\/span>, using photos from a special<\/span> visit to a newly<\/span>-built about-to-open wedding venue in Kyoto. (Photos\nfrom that visit also appeared on “<\/span>Heian Shrine Gate From a New<\/span>\nPerspective<\/a>”<\/span>.)<\/p>\n\n

As lovely as the new venue was, it seems that they weren't able to make it as a wedding<\/span> venue; they stopped doing business a few<\/span>\nyears ago (prior to COVID). The lovely<\/span> building in the super-amazing location has been vacant since.<\/p>\n\n

But the building won't be vacant for much longer, because the building won't be<\/u> for much longer.<\/i>\nIt's being demolished!<\/b> The five-story reinforced-concrete building is not even eight years old. Wow, what a waste.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Living right next to the building, a meeting<\/span> was held to explain the demolition and its schedule, attended by two\nrepresentatives of the company doing the demolition. Based on their attire, it was clear that one was an office worker, and the\nother was someone who was likely to be the on-site foreman. They explained the schedule with attention to the concerns that neighbors would have\n(noise, dust, etc.).<\/p>\n\n

When they were done, they asked whether there were any questions. There was a long<\/span> silence, so I decided<\/span> to ask my off-topic\nquestion. I said that<\/span> what I really<\/span> wanted to know had nothing to do with their work (the demolition of the building),\nbut<\/i> if they had information, I'd appreciate<\/span> to hear: why<\/i> is this almost-new building being demolished, and what<\/i> will replace it?<\/p>\n\n

This opened a flood-gate of discussion from the few other residents that bothered to attend. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n

In the end, the answer was \"It's owned by a holding<\/span> company in Kobe (a nearby<\/span> city), and they truly don't know what they'll do with the land<\/i>\". <\/p>\n\n

It's very hard to believe that they'll spend a quarter<\/span>-million dollars to demolish a six<\/span>-million-dollar building (costs are my\ninformed estimates) without knowing what they'll do with it, so it's likely that they'll make condominiums, which is, to current\narea residents, perhaps the most-objectionable thing that area zoning allows.<\/p>\n\n

(My view is that it's their land and they can do whatever zoning allows. The building<\/span> that I<\/i> live in was built just 16\nyears ago on land that had been more or less a big<\/span> garden, so I'm sure the building was a shock<\/span> to the surrounding residents. But it wasn<\/span>'t their land, it was the land of the person that made the building.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This photo is from a blog post seven years ago, \"Exposing for Single-Shot HDR (Sort Of)\", using photos from a special visit to a newly-built about-to-open wedding venue in Kyoto. (Photos from that visit also appeared on \"Heian Shrine Gate From a New Perspective\".)<\/p>

As lovely as the new venue was, it seems that they weren't able to make it as a wedding venue; they stopped doing business a few years ago (prior to COVID). The lovely building in the super-amazing location has been vacant since.<\/p>

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