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Saturday, July 29, 2006
PF fire mars Colon facelift; group eyes high wall, mural
The destruction by fire of one of Colon Street’s commercial landmarks, Plaza Fair, has hampered efforts to give Cebu City’s old business district a facelift.
An official of the Colon Business Association (CBA), which has been exerting efforts to revitalize the country’s oldest street, said the fire meant additional work.
CBA president Jose Soberano said the organization has agreed in a recent meeting to urge the landowner of the lot, where Plaza Fair used to stand, to board up the property so that a mural painting could be put up.
“This is just temporary so that the property would not look bad during the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in December. The City has been coordinating with us in the beautification of Colon Street in preparation for the summit,” he told Sun.Star Cebu in a telephone interview.
Colon St. stretches from corner Leon Kilat St. to Mabini Street.
The Plaza Fair building, previously occupied by the Fairmart Cebu department store and supermarket, was one of the oldest structures downtown.
The structure caught fire last week with initial damage to property pegged at P20 million.
Soberano said it may take a while for another structure to rise on the said lot.
The CBA, which was organized in 1981, was revived in 2003 with the major objective of “keeping Colon alive.”
“We believe that Colon still has lots of things going for it,” Soberano said.
He said the organiz-ation’s Colon beautification projects, which is not only geared for the Asean summit but for the long-term, will include improvements on security, sanitation and management of sidewalks. (JBN)
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