Sie Southbanks in London sollen abgerissen werden, als Ersatz wurde vorgestern die Designpläne für einen neuen Skatepark vorgestellt. Doch wie sieht die Reaktion von "Long Live Southbanks" und der Londoner Skateboardszene aus?
Die beiden LLSB Aktivisten Chewy Cannon (bekannter, britischer Pro Fahrer) und Henry Edwards antworten mit diesem Videoclip auf die Vorschläge der Southbankverantwortlichen. Sie lehnen die Pläne ab, 40 Jahre Skateboardgeschichte kann man nicht durch einen neuen Skatepark ersetzen.
LLSB activists Chewy Cannon and Henry Edwards-Wood address the Southbank Centre’s premature skatepark plans and their over all lack of engagement with their most passionate and politically active community.
Speaking from White Grounds skate plaza in London Bridge – a disused purpose built plaza built by the same designer of the new Hungerford Bridge plans – Henry and Chewy set some facts straight about the real relationship between the Southbank Centre and Long Live Southbank.
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LLSB has also released this statement from Henry Edwards-Wood
"The conversation which should be being had is the preservation of the iconic undercroft. This is what tens of thousands of Londoners and visitors to London have signed up to support, and this is the conversation the Southbank Centre is refusing to have.
Their strategically timed publishing of relocation designs ahead of a public forum is the kind of tactic we have come to expect from the Southbank Centre. It is of significant importance that they had previously admitted that their error was not consulting the users of the undercroft which is ultimately why they are in this position, yet they are making exactly the same mistake once again.
The Southbank Centre have recognised Long Live Southbank as the official representation of the undercroft, yet they seek to undermine us at every opportunity in order to avoid discussing preservation and push for relocation, despite not providing us with any proof that the Festival Wing cannot go ahead if the undercroft area remained intact as it is.
They continue to refuse to recognise the voice of the most diverse and inclusive communities on the Southbank site, a voice which has galvinized a campaign with unprecedented public support."
