Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,647
As I understand it the original owners (Godden Trust) rebuffed all offers from DDC to buy the building or take any action to preserve said painting or stabilise/repair the building; subsequently they sold the building to Schreiber who was much more prepared to negotiate with DDC & subsequently agreed the sale of all his buildings around the underpass.
To be fair to DDC the overpainting of the Banksy coupled with the deplorable state of the building meant it was/is unsaveable so their proposal to engage Factum Arte strikes me as the only realistic option.
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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 6,763
Which is a bit of a shame.
I thought it was meant to be amusing but ephemeral - a bit like our membership of the EU - rather than part and parcel of the multi-millionaire Banksy industry.
'Ars Brevis, Vita Longa' and all that.
Now if we only had Hurst's Verity Statue on the end of the new marina arm ..........................
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 6,763
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world'
