Officials to probe disappearance of ‘immovable heritage’ building
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SHANGHAI’S cultural heritage bureau said yesterday it has launched an investigation into the demolition of a state-protected industrial building in the North Bund area.
The factory was built in 1921 by the Amos Bird Co, a British firm involved in the egg packing and cold storage business. In 2011 it was classified as an “immovable cultural relic” by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
According to the heritage’s regulations, any plans to demolish or redevelop buildings with such status must first be discussed by a panel of experts and approved by local cultural authorities.
When Shanghai Daily contacted the cultural bureau yesterday, an official confirmed the building had been demolished, but declined to elaborate, saying only that an investigation was under way.
The plot of land on which the factory once stood, close to the Huangpu River on Tengyue No. 2 Road in Yangpu District, is now a construction site enclosed by a high fence and accessible only via large iron gates.
As of yesterday, all that remained of the original development was an annex to the main factory. A bulldozer could be seen, but there were no signs indicating which company was responsible for the demolition work or how the site will be developed.
A 63-year-old man surnamed Chen, who said he has lived in the area “for decades,” told Shanghai Daily that the development work started last month.
“The site was leased to several firms over the years, but it had been empty for a long time,” he said.
“When I was a child it was the city’s biggest refrigeration house, and before that it was owned by an egg company.”
The building’s former janitor told Shanghai Daily that he had worked at the site since December, but was unaware of its protected status.
According to an earlier report by thepaper.cn, a man working at a parking lot near the site said the whole of the North Bund area was being redeveloped as a tourist site.
Building workers, with wolfhounds on leashes, had refused to answer questions about the development, the report said.
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