THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS PIER

摘要

Early one October morning in 2010 a fire raged through Hastings Pier, completely destroying the upper deck and devastating what only hours earlier had been one the town's best-loved shoreline features. Yet, after the initial shock, a complete new beginning got underway, one which involved many of the town's inhabitants, and now nearly six years later, the new pier has just opened. While it's a major project for the pier's architects, practice dRMM, the opening also symbolises a happy ending to a broader story of a community getting heavily involved, bringing local politicians onside, raising funding and participating in recreating a 'totemic asset'.