Today, the building which housed the Astor Cinema is likely to be completely demolished. This is according to owner of the property Rizwan Khan.
Speaking with Stabroek News while supervising the ongoing demolition yesterday, Khan noted that the City Administration has been contacting him daily about the demolition and as such he has decided to speed up the process with their help.
“The city council will block off the road (Waterloo Street) so that equipment can speed up the process. The building will be down before the weekend, should be down by end of tomorrow [today],” he said.
Stabroek News was unable to confirm this information with either the Town Clerk Royston King or City Engineer Colvern Venture. Calls to both men went unanswered.
Notably Khan has taken action to speed up the demolition after Stabroek News reported in yesterday’s edition that Deputy Mayor of Georgetown, Lionel Jaikarran said that he would be