Breaking news...alternative proposal leaked for redeveloping the Crystal Palace in HYDE PARK... Dear Mr Boris Johnson May we introduce our company, the RongEgen Corporation, and our proposals for your consideration. We are real estate developers and oil prospectors and we turn over billions of dollars with enormous profits which we need to invest. We have always been admirers of your London and its history and we are now happy to be in a position to help you bring some of your once famous, now derelict / abandoned attractions, back to life. Priority for us is to rebuild the world famous Crystal Palace, at its original home in Hyde Park. Hyde Park is so beautiful and has so much potential and we find it amazing the site has been left as grass plus a few tennis courts for so many years. We propose the new palace will be a global cultural attraction. Were not sure what the cultural element will be but we know there will be a hotel, conference facilities, shops and eateries etc. It is naturally a requirement that it is a commercial success. In this vein our lease will need to cover up to half of Hyde park. We will of course refurbish these areas in return for control of the commercial possibilities. To win the hearts and minds of the stakeholders we propose to: 1) appoint a global firm which specialises in structural engineering to be the face and contact point of the project development. This will help give the impression the project has strong foundations. 2) arrange a community engagement process where well give out questionnaires with questions such as would you like to see a viewing platform in the building. The building will be enormous so we have opportunity to include lots of things to keep the locals happy. 3) arrange a starchitects design competition, even if we are not sure about the cultural function, well allocate some space for this. Well make sure they make it look wizzy so we can secure approvals and then decide how it works later. We hope you are excited by our proposal to bring this significant investment to your city. We look forward to hearing from you and to discuss this further in private ;-) Yours faithfully
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:06:28 +0000
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