AS reported, City of Newcastle is floating an idea to add a second storey to the Newcastle Ocean Baths during renovations ("Second storey floated", Newcastle Herald 31/5). What a ridiculous consideration.
Many years ago before work I would do my laps and then shower and get changed in the open-roof change rooms and leave feeling refreshed and ready for the day ahead. Those fond memories are revisited often. A second storey would create shaded, dark and damp areas and would only serve to destroy one of the very few buildings not to be disfigured of late.
