Isn't it time they took this monstrosity down?

[aussiexpat]

It must be 8 years since this building was abandoned before completion. What's the plan, take it down or just leave it there forever?

 

50 floors of Condo's, so many people must have lost millions of baht in this fiasco ????

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by aussiexpat

[Pravda]

Don't take it down, I'll squat when I go to Pattaya

[Ohyesuare]

Think it's still in the middle of a legal battle. 

[Leaver]

 

With a few modifications, it would make a good pound for all the soi dogs.  ???? 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by Leaver

[aussiexpat]

9 minutes ago, Ohyesuare said:

Think it's still in the middle of a legal battle. 

Good luck with that 8 years after stopping construction.

 

After seeing how fast the Edge was constructed, I thought a company like that would jump all over this since it's already half complete...I guess ongoing legal battles (and probably poor workmanship since they ran out of money) would prevent that...

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by aussiexpat

[Ohyesuare]

9 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

Good luck with that 8 years after stopping construction.

 

After seeing how fast the Edge was constructed, I thought a company like that would jump all over this since it's already half complete...I guess ongoing legal battles (and probably poor workmanship since they ran out of money) would prevent that...

 

There was an issue that it was blocking an important royal statue, then they agreed to lower it I think but I think also money problems as well. And I agree, good luck but it's definitely an eyesore and something should be done eventually, I'd hope.

[Leaver]

7 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

Good luck with that 8 years after stopping construction.

 

After seeing how fast the Edge was constructed, I thought a company like that would jump all over this since it's already half complete...I guess ongoing legal battles (and probably poor workmanship since they ran out of money) would prevent that...

 

 

Probably got a lot of concrete cancer by now.  

 

No one wants to pay for it's removal.

[The Hammer2021]

It's a monument to hubris, greed and corruption

[LiamB80]

They still got the ghost tower in Sathorn area of Bangkok standing from when they stopped construction in ‘97 during the financial crisis. They put giant IPhone advertisements on it now. Let it stand as a reminder to people of the dangers of investing in Thailand.

[scubascuba3]

Back story

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/09/12/the-story-behind-the-abandoned-waterfront-condo-near-bali-hai-pier-in-pattaya/

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/10/owners-of-the-controversial-waterfront-condo-on-bali-hai-pier-ask-for-an-opportunity-to-resume-construction-vs-demolish-the-building/

 

[Jimbo53]

9 hours ago, Pravda said:

Don't take it down, I'll squat when I go to Pattaya

The only squat you will be doing in Pattaya is Tiddly lol.

[Inala]

Leave it long enough and it'll probably fall down. I often wonder what will happen to everything man has built on this earth after we finally become extinct as a species? Saw a Youtube on it a while back which hypothesized nature taking over structures pretty quickly, it was quite depressing actually. 

[SiSePuede419]

"Waterfront"?

 

Yeah, right.

 

Since when is Pattayasaisong Road "waterfront"?

 

On Google maps, it's over a block away from the water. ????

[rwill]

It's actually a giant sundial.

[mikesil]

Structures abandoned in mid-construction abound here in LOS.  Khon Kaen has one (about 40 stories high or so) which now serves as a advertising billboard.  Then there's the line of abandoned rail line pillars in Bangkok along Hwy 1, still there but less obvious now because it's overshadowed by even larger pillars of the new rail line.

 

I hope these structures are permitted to stand forever,  Future scientists will conclude that we used them for sighting and tracking heavenly bodies.  Our own Stonehenge!

[tonray]

Modify the lifts and turn it into a parking deck

[jacko45k]

54 minutes ago, mikesil said:

Structures abandoned in mid-construction abound here in LOS.  Khon Kaen has one (about 40 stories high or so) which now serves as a advertising billboard.  Then there's the line of abandoned rail line pillars in Bangkok along Hwy 1, still there but less obvious now because it's overshadowed by even larger pillars of the new rail line.

 

I hope these structures are permitted to stand forever,  Future scientists will conclude that we used them for sighting and tracking heavenly bodies.  Our own Stonehenge!

And a pile of old cable offcuts on Pattaya 3rd Rd pavement that I have been walking round for 3 months at least! Don't they ever clean up their mess here!

[jeanpierre]

leave it to the monkeys

[Henryford]

Just get George Bush on the case, a bit of thermite, sorted.

[Boomer6969]

The country is littered with these unfinished structures, even in a remote place like Buriram. This is what you get when there is too much power and or money in the hands of a few idiots.

 

The epitome of Thainess.

Edited February 5, 2022 by Boomer6969

[foreverlomsak]

1 hour ago, mikesil said:

Future scientists will conclude that we used them for sighting and tracking heavenly bodies.

I thought that's what Walking Street & LK Metro was for.

[bradiston]

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

"Waterfront"?

 

Yeah, right.

 

Since when is Pattayasaisong Road "waterfront"?

 

On Google maps, it's over a block away from the water. ????

You must have the wrong location. It overlooks Bali Hai harbour. About 50m from the water.

[mancub]

3 hours ago, Jimbo53 said:

The only squat you will be doing in Pattaya is Tiddly lol.

Diddly...for those who need to Google it !????

[newnative]

12 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

Good luck with that 8 years after stopping construction.

 

After seeing how fast the Edge was constructed, I thought a company like that would jump all over this since it's already half complete...I guess ongoing legal battles (and probably poor workmanship since they ran out of money) would prevent that...

 

     I don't think the original developer ran out of money during the initial construction; they were actually ahead of schedule in completing the project.  Construction was halted by the government after protests by locals upset with the height of the building.  My solution would be to remove the top dozen or so 'see-thru' floors that are the least finished and then complete the building.  I think the building has interesting architecture--something rather scarce in Pattaya--and it should be finished rather than torn down.  

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, Inala said:

Leave it long enough and it'll probably fall down. I often wonder what will happen to everything man has built on this earth after we finally become extinct as a species? Saw a Youtube on it a while back which hypothesized nature taking over structures pretty quickly, it was quite depressing actually. 

Angkor Wat? maybe 100 years

[JBChiangRai]

Please buy one of the condos I want to build because I need your money to build it as I don't have enough funds of my own.

 

What could possibly go wrong?

 

NEVER, EVER buy "off plan" in Thailand.

[bkk6060]

I think never.  There are other areas that have empty shells longer then this place.  Maybe in 40 years they will be so rotted they will collapse.

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, Inala said:

Leave it long enough and it'll probably fall down. I often wonder what will happen to everything man has built on this earth after we finally become extinct as a species? Saw a Youtube on it a while back which hypothesized nature taking over structures pretty quickly, it was quite depressing actually. 

In the long-term picture, we are just passing through. We've only been on the planet for a microscopically very short time and it won't be long before we kill ourselves off and the planet will continue without us. I used to give us about another 200 years but I've shortened that now as the human race spends billions developing more and more ways to do it.

[Grusa]

14 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

With a few modifications, it would make a good pound for all the soi dogs.  ???? 

 

 

Can you  imagine the noise! Bad idea!

[hughrection]

2 hours ago, jeanpierre said:

leave it to the monkeys

If politicians haven't fixed it by now, they never will.