tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post3303053335049806649..comments2024-01-24T23:01:01.168+10:00Comments on Painting Fakes: Don't Trust the GovernmentJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post-47181806192307198692017-02-08T16:53:34.534+10:002017-02-08T16:53:34.534+10:00Thanks for your comment Barry, great to hear from ...Thanks for your comment Barry, great to hear from you. It sad to see you are losing your community and I assume your own home too after all those years.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272544252649766985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146183364287787287.post-13428899281664871102017-02-08T16:06:12.731+10:002017-02-08T16:06:12.731+10:00G'DAY JON IF YOU READ THIS. FIRSTLY MY APOLOGI...G'DAY JON IF YOU READ THIS. FIRSTLY MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT COMMENTING SOONER! I HAVE RECENTLY REREAD YOUR ARTICLE SO LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS BARRY (BARNEY) GARDNER AND I HAVE LIVED IN HIGH ST, WHICH OVERLOOKS CENTRAL BARANGAROO, MILLERS POINT FOR MY ENTIRE 67 YEARS.<br />I MUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON AND, HOW REFRESHING IT IS TO GET SUCH AN ACCURATE RESEARCH REPORT ON MY COMMUNITY.<br />ITS TRUE FROM THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT RESUMED PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DUE TO THE PLAGUE AND IN GREAT FORESIGHT DEEMED THAT MORE HOUSING SHOULD BE BUILT SO THAT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES COULD LIVE CLOSE BY TO THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, PERHAPS A LESSON FOR TODAY'S GOVERNMENTS. THESE PROPERTIES WHERE HANDED OVER TO BE MANAGEMED BY THE NEWLY FORMED SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST WHO, AS WAS EXPLAINED IN ANOTHER PAPER BY HARVEY VOLKE FOR HIS PhD TITLED 'HISTORY OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING REFORMS IN SYDNEY, 1900-1939' THAT WHILST THE SHT COULD MANAGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THEY WERE INEPT WHEN IT CAME TO PUBLIC HOUSING. THUS THE MARITIME SERVICES BOARD WAS FORMED IN THE 1930'S (APPROX 1936) TO MANAGE THE PUBLIC HOUSING ASSETS.<br />THE MSB WITH THEIR OWN TRADESMEN SKILLFULLY ATTENDED TO REGULAR, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE & REPAIR ISSUES TILL IN THE EARLY 1980'S. IT WAS THEN THAT THE NSW DEPT. OF HOUSING TOOK OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING FROM THE MSB AND IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS RENOVATED MANY DWELLINGS AND DUTIFULLY ATTENDED TO REPAIRS BUT THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END AS MANY HOMES FELL INTO DISREPAIR DUE TO THE DEPARTMENTS NEGLECT OF REGULAR OR PERIODIC REPAIRS EVEN WHEN THE TENANTS COMPLAINED.<br />SO THIS HAS LED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE STATE GOVERNMENT SAID IN 2014 THAT THE DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCES TO RESTORE THE HERITAGE LISTED PROPERTIES AND THE BEST POLICY WOULD BE TO SELL THEM.<br />THOSE OF US WHO HAVE RESIDED AND LOOKED AFTER THESE HISTORIC HOMES FOR GENERATIONS ASK 'WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE HERITAGE DESTRUCTION OF THESE HOMES? IS IT THE TENANT OR THE DIFFERENT STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHO AVOIDED THEIR DUTY OF CARE TO MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS AS STATED IN OUR LEASES'??? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741566261325721845noreply@blogger.com