| Comment | I don't think it's completely out of the ballpark that some of the landowners are letting the buildings degrade with the explicit intention of having them knocked down and selling the land on.
I.E: [What every woman wants](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-50521433)
Then you have the Egyptian Halls on Union Street which I can't remember when it didn't have scaffolding. Supposedly the owner made a killing from the billboard advertisements and refuses to sell or repair the structure without the council paying for it.
Do I know any of this for certain? Not really, but given how many historic buildings we've lost in the past decade; it almost feels malicious. The council really need to start exercising compulsory purchase rights rather than rewarding behaviour that isn't in the interest of the public. |
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