A Boksburg cleaning company has been in touch with the Advertiser and offered to help the Creative Art Centre sort out their pigeon problem.
Pigeons have taken over the Penguin Room in the art centre due to broken windows, which are very high up in the roof of the building and which will require a very long ladder to fix.
Barry de Villiers, custodian of the Creative Art Centre, which is in Market Street in the CBD, is over the moon with the offer of help.
For the past three years, pigeons have exhibited their poop all over the show, rendering the room unusable and unhygienic.
“It is such a pity. Our dream is to restore the Penguin Room to its former glory by April when the art centre celebrates its 20th anniversary,” de Villiers said.
The cleaning company is currently working towards repairing the broken windows to keep the pigeons out and will also then undertake the cleaning of the Penguin Room.
“I look forward with great excitement to again turning the Penguin Room into a fairytale venue for the arts,” said de Villiers.
“We are so grateful to hear that a generous offer has been made to help us achieve this.”
Keep an eye on the Advertiser for further updates on the progress of the restoration.
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