Monday, 18 July 2016

EMERALD BUS SHELTER

Protesters in the Dandenong Ranges town of Emerald are braving near-zero night-time temperatures to stage a vigil, all in a bid to save a local bus shelter. Cardinia Shire Council has said the shelter is at the end of its life and wants to demolish it and build a new one. The protest has been organised by Emerald Community House (ECH), which uses the colourfully decorated bus shelter as a noticeboard.

 ECH manager Mary Farrow said the protesters were there to stop the shelter being demolished. "We've been putting up community information and community art [on the shelter] for seven years," she said. "We have an iconic art mosaic that was done by the youth, funded by the state of Victoria."

 The council maintains that the shelter is unsafe and has reached its useful life. It wants to replace it with a new glass one. Glass bus shelters are regularly vandalised all around Melbourne and the glass is regularly broken by hooligans. You can see the Council's views on the shelter here.

 This post is part of the Monday Mellow Yellows meme,
and also part of the Blue Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Monday Murals meme,
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12 comments:

  1. Sami18 July 2016 at 19:06

    What a pity, I see nothing wrong with this bus shelter. Very colourful and the mosaic work is very pretty, certainly much nicer than a simple glass shelter.

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  2. Jeanna18 July 2016 at 20:23

    That is a gorgeous special shelter but you don't want it broken and glass everywhere. Why do some kids have to be such idiots. I suppose if it hasn't been broken yet u cud just hope 4 the best and sweep it up if it gets vandelized.

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  3. Alexa T18 July 2016 at 20:35

    A very interesting mosaic mural and shelter; I've never seen before such work of art used for a bus (station) shelter. Hope it will be appreciated and conserved somehow. Art should be appreciated.

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  4. Mersad18 July 2016 at 21:34

    Truly amazing. I hope it wont get damaged. Thanks for linking in with Through My Lens.

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  5. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 00:34

    I agree this is much more interesting than a glass shelter. If they think it's unsafe, they surely could renovate this one and save the art work! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely art work with SEASONS! I enjoy your interesting posts - have a great week:)

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  6. LV19 July 2016 at 04:03

    If not dangerous, leave it alone. I like the way it looks. Sometimes it is best to not make changes.

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  7. NCSue19 July 2016 at 04:35

    Very cool!

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  8. Magnus 19 July 2016 at 10:26

    Wonderful wall, great shot!

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  9. Halcyon19 July 2016 at 17:51

    Such an intricate mosaic! I don't know how people make these!

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  10. Rhonda Albom20 July 2016 at 00:05

    I agree with ECH to keep the old bus shelter. It has character. The newer glass surrounds (like around me) are more sterile. Wouldn't it be easier to bring the old shelter up to safety standard than to tear it down and replace?

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  11. DrillerAA20 July 2016 at 06:35

    What a colorful place to wait. I am sure that it's proposed replacement doesn't have nearly the character of this little structure. Very nicely captured.

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  12. Mascha20 July 2016 at 08:51

    I like this colorful artwork

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