Why do councils have to destroy things?

Today I walked around the place where I was brought up.
I was brought up in the Old Town of Hastings here in the UK. Now this is not to be confused with Hastings itself.
The Old Town is the fishing quarter of the original Hastings, with its fishing fleet that has fished off this coast for centuries.
Its historic houses and little passageways with their quaint old cottages give it its charm.
I spent a wonderful childhood here among what was a real community. It is the part of Hastings that people come to see. Frankly without the Old Town Hastings itself would not be a holiday attraction.
Admittedly it has the Castle which William the Conqueror built when he invaded England in 1066 but apart from that its just an everyday seaside town.
The problem being that we have councillors who believe we should all be dragged into the 21st century.
That in itself is ok, but here they try to destroy any connection with the past and build real monstrosities.
This is what is happening to the beautiful old town that I knew.
I think over the years instead of being proud of the old area they have constantly been jealous of it and tried systematically to destroy it.
First they drove a main road right through the centre of it cutting it into two.
Then they go about ripping out the old passageways and in their place build what they call modern town houses.
Slowly over the years what was a thriving bustling community has vanished.
Walking through those streets with every shop you needed there is now what?
The main High Street nothing but junk shops. George Street, instead of all the variety of shops once there now is a street full of pubs and cafes with tables and chairs lining the street.
The latest madness of this wonderful council is on our old Stade to rip down buildings that have stood there since I can’t remember when and replace them with a monstrosity of a building called a Jerwood Gallery, this Art box is set in the middle of an ancient fishing area regardless of the uproar and protest.
There are many other unused place for this HUT further to the other end of modern Hastings and St Leonards where it would fit in better.
But no, our councillors know better, this is where they want it. They left out the line of ‘this will destroy another part of this Old Town.’
My only wish is that the people of this town would get together, find out which councillors voted for this HUT, and vote them out of office. If this were done just maybe future councillors would realise they were put into office to organise and do the best for their town instead of systematically destroying it.
I just wish these people would come to realise that it’s the Old Hastings visitors come to see.
Destroy it and when it’s gone it’s gone. There is no going back.
You would not see places like Rye, just along the coast, destroying its heritage like this. They know what people come to see. They have more sense.