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Chuo-ku, disappearing 19xx
The day of the Chuo-ku Tourism Certification on January 15. After the test was over, I decided to walk along Showa-dori from Ginza 6-chome, the venue, toward Shiodome. It's been a long time since I've been here. At the intersection of Horai Bridge, where I walked, there was an unusual pedestrian bridge, and although I should have climbed, I felt cramped and passed through the high-speed overpass for some reason. What's it? Then I could see that architecture.
The central bank capsule tower building designed by Kisho Kurokawa. It is rumored that this "famous architecture" built in the Showa era after the war will finally be dismantled this summer. However, it seems that there are many people who want to preserve it, and it has been a hot topic for a long time. What will happen?
It's inevitable to feel that I want it to remain forever, but reality is not the case. It's difficult. I hope you come up with a great idea. I want you to settle it in a good way.
This building is often featured in correspondent blogs, so I'll give you a link.
Central Bank Capsule Tower Building ⇒ ★Here
From here, I went up to a high place.
Should I call it a building of Dentsu or a building of Caretta Shiodome? The view from the 46th floor. Just recently, a correspondent GPP has been posted. The large area of the old Tsukiji market seems to have not changed much, but it is certainly different from the past in some places.
From Shiodome, Loop Route 2 leads to Tsukiji Ohashi, which spans the Sumida River. The area around Loop Route 2 is an underground tunnel, so the old Tsukiji Market, which is now vacant, is in the middle of creating an entrance to the tunnel.
It's a story after the road is completed, but on a blue sky day, try driving toward the Gulf.
Actually, for a long time, I have delusioned about the completion of this road, and perhaps, I think that if this road is made, a wonderful sight will welcome the driver.
When you run through a dark tunnel, go up the slope and finally go out of the tunnel, you will be waiting for Tsukiji Ohashi, which spreads wings like a butterfly toward the sky. There is a dazzling blue sky above it. And beyond that is a high-rise city of the future. The left and right are Kachidokibashi and Rainbow Bridge.
What kind of scenery is it? How about it? How about it? I'm looking forward to it.
The destination of Ring Route 2 is the Harumi area where the Olympic athlete village was located. It can be seen directly from the 46th floor. There is also Harumi Passenger Terminal on the right side.
According to an article by the correspondent Hanes the other day, the building at this terminal will be gone. It's true. Old landmarks in Chuo-ku are disappearing more and more.
Oh.
Is this kind of lonely emotion only felt in the 20th century Ojisan?
I was hungry, got off from the 46th floor, and today I decided to go to Tsukiji along Shin-ohashi-dori St.
Then there is a new building under construction on the other side of the right turn queue of the car.
When I looked into it, it was a ventilation tower of a tunnel passing underground. It is said that this ventilation tower purifies the air and then discharges it outside so that a large amount of exhaust gas does not come out of the tunnel entrance. It's a lot of hard work to make a tunnel.
As I walked along the street by the side of the old Tsukiji Market, which had become a deadly sight, a young sister was shooting something with a smartphone.
If you look at what it is, this is ...
Should it be called the nameplate of the former Tsukiji Market, it is dug as the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market. The concrete block around it is like a Showa relic, and it is very good. Involuntarily, I stroked the carved character with my finger. I want this to be left as it is, but what will happen? It was just the entrance to the market.
I wonder if that young sister was taking this picture.
I was a little happy to see that this emotion was not only an emotion of the 20th century Ojisan.
After cheering on the 100 yen egg-yaki at the out-of-office market, I looked at the site of the market from the building on the Tsukiji Fish Bank. The remnants of the green main pillar that once used to be Umiyuki Bridge is left properly. No. The guard building in Umiyuki Hashikado has disappeared.
It seems that this vast dream land has not yet been decided what it will end up, but what to do may be visible over time.
I went around the Tsukiji Outer Market. I witnessed a scene of construction in several places, but I felt that it was a scene from the past, and that it was getting a little more. I'm worried about the site of the market, but I'm worried about what will happen to the out-of-office market in the future.
From here, cross Harumi-dori St. and walk to the one with Odawara-cho police box. Around the time it was called Odawara-cho, Tsukiji 6.7-chome. Ura-Tsukiji.
I feel like there was a small post office near here, but it seems to have disappeared in some time. If you look for it on Google Maps, you can't find it. I wanted to go once in an old building like a signboard architecture. You have to go when you want to go.
It seems that this area was not affected much by the war, and there are still old buildings. I wondered if it was true or if there was still it, but it was more than I thought.
However, the parcels of the land around here are small, so this city may be a city that changes gently, as if each cell is reborn or not noticed by anyone.
The history of Chuo-ku is the history of regeneration.
As you can see from studying the sightseeing test, there have been various major disasters in Chuo-ku, and each time it has been reborn.
The Great Fire of the Meiryaku era
Great Kanto Earthquake
Pacific War
There are many other turning points, and at that time various things disappeared, and new things were created one after another.
Famine and plague
Ginza big fire
Tokyo Olympics 1964
Great East Japan Earthquake
And this Olympic 2020 and the spread of corona. Right now, that turning point is coming.
How will it change from now on and what will be born? And what will be left? Chuo-ku from now on. I can't keep my eyes on it.