News Forum - Student launches campaign to stop demolition of iconic Bangkok cinema

[Thaiger]

A campaign to save Bangkok’s iconic Scala Cinema and prevent its demolition to make way for a shopping centre is garnering significant online support. The Bangkok Post reports that many netizens are backing the campaign started by a student and his friends. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal launched the campaign following news that the Scala was to be demolished to make way for another Siam Square shopping centre. The cinema is widely regarded as one of Thailand’s grandest buildings but was forced to close forever in July of last year. Its predecessors, the Siam and the Lido, have already had to make way […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

15 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Scala was to be demolished to make way for another Siam Square shopping centre.

How long before they put a big mall in the middle of Lumpini park, it will make a huge amount of money

[Kes]

Seen quite a few movies there. Sad to see it go but progress.....demands yet another mall selling the same stuff as every other mall. 

Consumers don't win as Bangkok already has enough/too many malls and another won't make the prices come down. 

Space renters won't win because sharing the same amount of consumer spending means less for every shop. 

Only winner is the developer who somehow manages to successfully rent out space to the suckers who all think "because there's so many shops making money I'll open another one and make some." 12 months later most are regretting their decision. 

 

[AussieBob]

If those students care so much, then all they have to do is front up the money to restore and preserve what they think is worth the huge costs of restoring and preserving - not demand the Govt (taxpayers) pay for it all.  The original building was built on other structures/land as a profit making venture, and maybe back then a few people did not want it either. Out with the old and in with the new is how things progress.    

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

On 9/13/2021 at 10:52 AM, Thaiger said:

The Bangkok Post reports that many netizens are backing the campaign started by a student and his friends.

Time for the schools to reopen, too much time on their hands. 

[Metaluna]

The building is not that appealing. Much ado about nothing, here. SCALA is simply like  one of those overly adorned projection rooms from the early 70s. Don't know why they keep calling it an Art Deco structure. It's not, either outside or inside.