Mars posted:It's sad to see some of these majestic old buildings crumbling into ruins. It was a grand building in its heyday. The City Hall is falling apart and if they don't do something soon, that too will be a heap of rubble. St. George's Cathedral is undergoing restoration at the moment so hopefully we'll save that one for some time.
Indeed! I heard the GCC is abandoned and falling apart too. The GCC club membership was elite and run by old man Camacho from GTM (I think). There were so many memorable moments at GCC, how can they just let that rot and fall apart?
I wonder if anyone has thought of restoring it and making it into a hall of fame for Guyanese cricket like baseball has in Cooperstown. The memories there from Lloyd, Kanhai, Kalicharran, Croft, Sewnarine (black boy), and others should be preserved to inspire our young people. And the grounds used for young folks.
Even guys like Gavaskar, the Chappell brothers, Jeff Thompson, Geoff Boycott etc. played there and had some memorable games. I'm sure somewhere there is tape of those games on old reels.
That surrounding area was prime real estate back in the day. sad