“THE fate of the historic “Gingerbread House”, lies in the hands of Attorney General Bridgid Annisette-George whose legal opinion is being sought by Government.
Speaking to Newsday at the Red House yesterday, Minister of Culture, Youth and Gender Affairs Marlene Mc Donald said: “The procedure to adopt for the listing of properties has gone to the [...]
“The house was built in a cocoa economy, its roots further recessed in time. To retrofit would inevitably change the essential character and reasons for preservation in the first place and probably contravene essential design and structural elements to do with a preservation order, perhaps the most obvious being that a library/museum must incorporate air [...]
“In 1980 when Peter Minshall was about to bring out Danse Macabre, David Picou, a good friend of Ken Morris, took Morris a sketch from Minshall and asked him to see what he could do with it. That suggestion led to the production a section in Minshall’s band that reflected Morris’s artistry as a copper [...]
“WHILE steps were taken this week to see the historic Boissiere House possibly listed as a “property of interest” under National Trust Legislation, the fact remains that Trinidad and Tobago still lags far behind its Caribbean neighbours in how it protects its landmarks, according to conservationists and architects….” [Read original article]
“Current debate over the future of the Boissiere House, or as its popularly called “The Gingerbread House,” at 26 Queen’s Park West, Port of Spain should include the possibility of using it as the new home for the writings and works of Dr Eric Williams, Father of the Nation. It is large enough to house [...]
“GOVERNMENT has assured it will attempt to “iron out” the legislative process under which a landmark property can be listed on a protected properties register, as soon as possible. But no specific undertaking has reportedly been given as to when the procedure could be finalised, leaving the fate of the Gingerbread House, which has been [...]
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Posted 29 February 2008
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“CULTURE MINISTER Marlene McDonald will today meet with Vel Lewis, chairman of the National Trust, to discuss legislative procedures which could see the historic Boissiere “Gingerbread” House being listed as a national property of interest….” [Read original post]
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Posted 27 February 2008
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“WHILE THEY are reluctant to see the historic Gingerbread House leave their family, the owners say they have no choice but to put the centuries old property on the market because it has become increasingly difficult for them to maintain….” [Read original article]
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Posted 27 February 2008
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“THE RED HOUSE and the Magnificent Seven are among a list of this country’s most important architectural landmarks currently left legally unprotected despite attempts to have them listed as “properties of interest” under National Trust Legislation.
In fact, since the introduction of special legislation to deal with protecting landmarks was passed in Parliament in 1991, not [...]
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Posted 24 February 2008
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“Real estate agent Annmarie Aboud, whose job is to sell the gingerbread house for a cool $45 million wants to know what is all the fuss about the building being a national architectural treasure.
Since the building, formally known as the Boissiere house at 12 Queen’s Park West went up for sale, a national furore has [...]
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