pollensa town square

Does anyone know what the banner on the wall 1937 to 2007 in the square in pollensa is to do with?

[eleanor]

agree with Debz on this one - bet porridge is on the menu! Place looks horrid and certainly not at all inviting!
Wonder if they had an architect? - lol Perhaps it may be obvious as to how they got planning Debz! Money talks a quick tongue! lol

[snowy2007]

With you Guys must sell Vegetarian food !

[pescador2009]

Architecture is very subjective and opinion of same is very personal. I certainly don’t think that the said building is great by any means, in fact it’s not (got the windows wrong for starters!), but good modern architecture can and does have its place and can be successfully integrated along with the old. People forget - or don’t realise - that even the very oldest of buildings were modern when they were built. Do people really want all old towns to be living museums? Can you honestly say old is always good? I would say it certainly isn’t. Somewhere like Pollensa Town is very special though and great care should be taken. Don’t think ‘Planning’ is as strict as in the U.K.
The world, including Pollensa must move on. Sometimes difficult to grasp when you visit once or twice a year on holiday, but people also have to live / work there. Even though they may look ‘quaint’ many old buildings, often in countries like Spain, are literally dropping apart. You’ve all seen them I’m sure. Even the new ones are built to standards that are totally unacceptable in the U.K. (yes, I do understand the climate is different). They might look O.K. but structurally and in many other ways they are often not. If buying in Pollensa, in P.P. or anywhere else in Spain for that matter, remember the old saying - ‘caveat emptor’ - let the buyer beware.

[sws97sdg]

Any updates on the new place, looked like it was close to being finished at Easter?

[sws97sdg]

Still no update, it must be open now surely

[sws97sdg]

Latest update on the new restaurant, still not quite finished, they are working on the window treatment which looks like wrought ironwork and the door looks even better now it is finished. The owner is looking for someone to take on the lease, he is also working on the large house just down from Restaurant Nou which looks like a retail space on the ground floor as well as another one nearby.
As I say I like the building, I think it is just about right as it is juxtaposed with the church, I an not a fan of Tudorbethan and Prince Charles wanting us to build old houses. As pescador2009 said these places have been neglected for years and it is about time they are rescued.
If anyone has news when it is finished or what it will be, let us know, all in all the square was looking lovely in June with the new bars and buildings almost finished.

[Nick]

I love Pollensa's main square and can't wait to see it totally finished with all units occupied.

It's class....

[sws97sdg]

I agree but the problem is the 'shed' opposite Bar Juma and Bar Numero Ocho where they store the stuff from the market, that would be nice to have as a bar so as to complete all four sides of the square.