Dingli Street houses should be developed

How can Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar compare Sir Adrian Dingli Street to other village cores in Malta? (October 21). When we talk of village cores we envisage the narrow winding streets of Lija, Attard, Balzan, Rabat, etc. Dingli Street is a straight,...

How can Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar compare Sir Adrian Dingli Street to other village cores in Malta? (October 21). When we talk of village cores we envisage the narrow winding streets of Lija, Attard, Balzan, Rabat, etc. Dingli Street is a straight, wide, long road that leads straight to the Sliema Front.

Because it is straight, because it is wide, it can take six or seven storeys on both sides of the road without making the residents feel suffocated.

Houses No. 9 and 10 in this street do have art deco façades, but to have FAA place No 10 on a par with "national monuments" is taking its enthusiasm a bit too far. Is it not better to have these houses developed and so prevent these "national monuments" from further deterioration?

FAA comes out very strongly against development of Sliema property which it does not own. Human nature being what it is, their love for home and country with all its architectural heritage would quickly evaporate were they ever to own such houses personally and were given the chance to have their property developed.

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