{"id":216102,"date":"2010-01-23T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T14:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1051991"},"modified":"2010-01-23T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T14:26:33","slug":"newcastles-chinatown-development-and-other-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/216102","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle’s CHINATOWN – Development and other issues."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThere is one ‘discrete’ area of our City Centre, that I have long felt could well deserve a thread of its own . . . CHINATOWN. <\/p>\n

OK, some aspects could be covered on the ‘retail’ or the ‘restaurants’ threads . . or they may have a "Project Thread" of their own if needed, but I think it is a sufficiently unique "area" to warrant a specific thread where issues generally can be discussed, and where (perhaps) ‘Chinatown Photos’ can be shared?<\/p>\n

The below article in todays (23rd Jan 2010) Evening Chronicle, prompted me to start this thread today!<\/i><\/p>\n

\nIconic Chinese archway facing safety repairs<\/font><\/b>
\nJan 23 2010 by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle.<\/p>\n

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A LANDMARK at the heart of Newcastle\u0092s Chinese community is being repaired after tiles began to fall down onto a road below.<\/p>\n

The iconic Chinese archway at the entrance to the city\u0092s Chinatown is today covered in scaffolding after fears for the safety of road users.<\/p>\n

A section of road at the junction of Gallowgate and St Andrew\u0092s Street was closed for several days this week while council workmen carried out repairs.<\/p>\n

The archway is the symbolic entrance of Chinatown \u0096 the bustling centre of trade, cuisine and Far East culture in Newcastle.<\/p>\n

Thousands are expected to flock to the area for Chinese New Year celebrations next month, when the archway becomes the forefront of the merriment.<\/p>\n

However, repair work is said to be nearing completion and the cordoned-off stretch of road was reopened yesterday. It is believed natural weather erosion was the cause of damage to the structure.<\/p>\n

Members of the public yesterday expressed their concern about the state of the archway, which was completed in 2004 to a fanfare of traditional Feng Shui ceremonies.<\/p>\n

Business student Sio Hong Cheong, who regularly visits Chinatown, said: \u0093It\u0092s here so everyone knows it\u0092s Chinatown. It\u0092s important to have an archway and Chinese people are proud because there are not many Chinatowns in cities in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u0093I think it\u0092s one of the landmarks of Newcastle.\u0094<\/p>\n

Part-time bar worker Rachel Lyn, 21, of Wickham, Gateshead, said: \u0093I love coming to Chinatown.<\/p>\n

\u0093We often come for birthday celebrations at some of the restaurants.\u0094<\/p>\n

Others, however, were more sceptical about the significance of the archway and suggested taxpayers\u0092 money should not be used to maintain it. <\/p>\n

Danny Gallagher, of West Denton, a drinker at the nearby Irish Centre, said: \u0093It\u0092s part and parcel of the culture of Newcastle and the Chinese \u0096 more Chinese culture than Newcastle culture if you ask me. <\/p>\n

That\u0092s not being racist but if there\u0092s a problem with the archway the onus should be on the Chinese and not the man on the street to pay for it.\u0094<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. There is one ‘discrete’ area of our City Centre, that I have long felt could well deserve a thread of its own . . . CHINATOWN. OK, some aspects could be covered on the ‘retail’ or the ‘restaurants’ threads . . or they may have a "Project Thread" of their own if needed, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}