Comments on: Colombo’s changing cityscape https://groundviews.org/2014/04/18/colombos-changing-cityscape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombos-changing-cityscape Journalism for Citizens Tue, 06 May 2014 06:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Anton https://groundviews.org/2014/04/18/colombos-changing-cityscape/#comment-56815 Tue, 06 May 2014 06:36:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=14925#comment-56815 We need a modern city to drive the point home that we are nation worthy doing business with. An ugly city with poor at center stage is not the image we call for. What’s done by the government should be appreciated. This article is a farce, period.

]]> By: Jerald W. https://groundviews.org/2014/04/18/colombos-changing-cityscape/#comment-56748 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:42:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=14925#comment-56748 In reply to Russ C (Washington DC).

I agree with you completely Russ C. A social community based on a diversity of humans has been all but destroyed in the name of “growth”, “development”, and “progress”. The reality is that things are much worse today than they were twenty years ago in real human terms.

]]> By: Russ C (Washington DC) https://groundviews.org/2014/04/18/colombos-changing-cityscape/#comment-56745 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:05:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=14925#comment-56745 A very important discussion to be had. Many of my diaspora colleagues return from their annual pilgrimages to the island to sing the praises of the beautification of Colombo. They never stay there long enough to fully appreciate at what cost all this ‘development’ takes place. All they and the local elites boast of is the existence of McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken and skyscrapers – never mind the chaos it has created in the absence of any meaningful zoning laws – as Streets, Avenues and Lanes that once had a sense of community have been transformed to an unrecognizable maze of concrete where anyone with a sliver of a front yard has cashed in on the get-rich schemes of building developers.
I think Ms. Fernando ought to conduct a related study of the very important service provided by the Dhobi community to the middle and upper-middle classes of Colombo.

]]> By: billy https://groundviews.org/2014/04/18/colombos-changing-cityscape/#comment-56737 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:26:00 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=14925#comment-56737 very superficial look at the whole process ..its obvious there will be losers as well as new gainers..some economic activities may be lost but same time more regulated other activities will rise giving more opportunities to others ..its rdiculous to argue that the whole process is a negative thing due to few incidents described above..(its pbvious the gainers wont be documented by these people)

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