Posted 19th June 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ
I have to say...
I think its sad we can’t preserve the Old Invercargill Airport Terminal as a 1960s Heritage Building.... It is so quintessentially 1960s that it stands out like an Icon of the Era.
So before it is Bulldozed into oblivion someone should have a 1960s Party there with some bootleg Beatles and Classic 1960s Cars....
It could actually make a theme Restaurant if it wasn’t for the lack of affordable parking.. Sort of Like they did with the classic 1960s Viewing Structure at Los Angeles International Airport..
Yes Invercargill is not LA but it has a certain Retro Charm missing in other cities. Somehow I could just see 1960s Kiwiana on display and 1960s Stewardess’s waiting tables as guests watch the 1960s Style Cessna Planes come and go across the Runway... Reflecting of the days when The Smelter wasn’t on life-support and we had a District Health Board and John Key was just a Schoolboy with a crazy dream.
*Published 22nd June under "Airport Terminal" page 6
I have to say...
I think its sad we can’t preserve the Old Invercargill Airport Terminal as a 1960s Heritage Building.... It is so quintessentially 1960s that it stands out like an Icon of the Era.
So before it is Bulldozed into oblivion someone should have a 1960s Party there with some bootleg Beatles and Classic 1960s Cars....
It could actually make a theme Restaurant if it wasn’t for the lack of affordable parking.. Sort of Like they did with the classic 1960s Viewing Structure at Los Angeles International Airport..
Yes Invercargill is not LA but it has a certain Retro Charm missing in other cities. Somehow I could just see 1960s Kiwiana on display and 1960s Stewardess’s waiting tables as guests watch the 1960s Style Cessna Planes come and go across the Runway... Reflecting of the days when The Smelter wasn’t on life-support and we had a District Health Board and John Key was just a Schoolboy with a crazy dream.
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