Voting for Cape Town's Next Demolition Now Open!

Last week I posted about the upcoming demolition of the Athlone Cooling Towers. Now the event has passed and although most Capetonians didn't even get the chance to see it happen (perhaps the demolition team should have called 1026 to check the time before they hit that button), I've decided that there are a couple more demolition projects that Capetonians could enjoy to make up for missing this one.

1. Good Hope Centre

Seriously. Has this place been used for anything useful since KTV Market Day when I was like, 8? It's horrid, it's falling apart (note tiles on roof) and it really looks like something teleported out of the 80s...oh correction, it was built in 1976. Yuck. Apparently, the city of Cape Town has budgeted approximately R3.5 million for the general upgrade of the venue...and that was over a year ago. I see no change. Take it away.

2. Disa Park (a.k.a the Tampon Towers)

I didn't even know the name of these towers until I googled it now. For all 25 years of my life I have referred to them as the toilet roll towers or the tampon towers. They are HIDEOUS flats on the slopes of our beautiful beautiful Table Mountain! They stand out like an eyesore to anyone gazing up at the scenic view of from Table Bay. I would feel great satisfaction seeing these three towers go BOOM.

Disa Park

In an article on the same topic (Cape Town's Ugly Buildings), Real Estate Web ran a poll amongst readers to ask if they thought the Good Hope Centre and the Ritz Hotel should be demolished (I disagree with the later because the revolving restaurant is way too charming and makes up for it's terrible exterior). The results? 54% said yes and 46% said No...but maybe after the excitement of this past weekends demolition, the poll will swing.

But anyway, those are my votes...further suggestions for Cape Town's next demolition project are welcome!

Oh and for those of you who are actually interested in checking out some footage of the Athlone Cooling towers coming down, here's a video we shot.