Good idea in Santa Cruz – no bull!
What a bunch of cynics we are, not because we want to be, it’s just that the politicians over here in Tenerife make it so hard for us to compliment them. So it gives me great pleasure to say well done to Santa Cruz Ayuntamiento for coming up with a great idea. How do you solve a problem like the bull ring? No they aren’t going to have a reality TV show with premium rate voting, although I’m sure that will soon be the way they conduct public projects in the Uk. Santa Cruz council are holding an open competition to come up with a great design for the Plaza de Torros, which has just been left to slowly rot for the last 20 plus years.
Architects have 20 days to submit their plans and on July 4, 5 and 6 they will be displayed to the public in the Parque Garcia Sanabria, just down the road from the bull ring. The public will be able to comment on the designs and then on July 7, a committee of 13, headed by the mayor, Miguel Zerolo, will give their verdict. What happens then will be very interesting, as plans have been unveiled before and come to nothing, but at least this gives the public a chance to get involved in the fate of this iconic building.
Im April, I was shown round inside the bull ring and told a little of its history, see my blog http://www.colinkirby.com/news/santa-cruz-a-bulls-eye-view.htm . I hope the winning design preserves at least some of the original features of the building, but I fear commercial interests will lead to its final destruction, but at least the process offers some hope to the grand old stadium.