Protesters fear Auckland’s Carrington Hospital facing demolition by neglect
Protesters are concerned that the former Auckland hospital's deteriorating condition, marked by broken windows and missing roof tiles, signals deliberate neglect rather than preservation.
The former Carrington Hospital in Mt Albert is showing severe signs of decay, with smashed or boarded windows, graffiti covering its facade, and whole rows of missing roof tiles. Protesters worry that the building is being left to deteriorate deliberately rather than being properly maintained, suggesting a strategy of demolition through neglect.
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'Stop the rot': Protesters fear Auckland's Carrington Hospital facing 'demo by neglect'
The vast exterior of the former hospital in Mt Albert has smashed or boarded up windows, a facade strewn with graffiti and whole rows of roof tiles are missing.