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Howie
02-24-2006, 02:12 PM
Lime Street 08 fiasco
VISITORS to Liverpool's Capital of Culture celebrations will step straight into a building site.
Lime Street station will be surrounded by construction work during 2008.
More (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16743359%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=lime%2dstreet%2d08%2dfiasco-name_page.html)...
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
When the %@#! are the people of this City goin' to wake up and kick this LibDem shower out of the Town Hall!
Oh my Bleeping Bleep! :shock:
julia
02-24-2006, 05:51 PM
Lime Street 08 fiasco
VISITORS to Liverpool's Capital of Culture celebrations will step straight into a building site.
Lime Street station will be surrounded by construction work during 2008.
How frikkin dumb can you get?! Are businesspeople being consulted on the bureaucrats' running of the show?
Next thing you know, they'll lose Creamfields (Oh wait - that already happened)
ScouseCol
02-25-2006, 12:10 PM
they have really got to be having a laugh with this one. lol
Howie
02-25-2006, 12:31 PM
Oh my Bleeping Bleep! :shock:
Apologies for the language, Kev. I was feelin' rather wound up when I posted that. :sad:
Apologies for the language, Kev. I was feelin' rather wound up when I posted that. :sad:
'Tis ok Howie ;)
A.D.Williams
02-25-2006, 01:27 PM
No great surprise I suppose. I mean they have only known we will be CoC for a few years!
:disgust:
lindylou
02-26-2006, 11:24 PM
It WOULD make you want to swear ! :angry:
THE new gateway entrance to Liverpool's Lime Street Station will be completed in 2008, despite the multi-million pound scheme being held up by a public inquiry. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16753673%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=lime%2dstreet%2dgateway%2d%2dwill%2dbe% 2dcompleted%2din%2d2008%2d-name_page.html)
Howie
02-27-2006, 07:39 PM
work on a replacement skyscraper will not be even started in 2008 :mad:
:mad:
hopefully though the eyesore that is there now, won't be :cool:
Howie
02-27-2006, 08:30 PM
Remember this?
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/sep2005/3/5/000C01B5-75A0-1332-AD970C02AC1BF824.jpg
See Developers in new bid to build station tower block (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/capitalofculture/news/tm_objectid=16159238%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html). :rolleyes:
lindylou
02-28-2006, 07:59 PM
Had a good look today at the front of Lime st station, and it is looking grim.
Those shops in the front of it- thay look a disgrace, the sooner they are swept away the better. Makes you wonder how they ever dreamed up the idea of sticking them there all those years ago in the first place. They have never looked nice - even in the early days. The front of that station could look really smart.
So what is it now that people here find so bad about it?
lindylou
03-01-2006, 04:10 PM
They should hurry up and sweep away those decrepit old shops.
The arched windows of the station will be revealed and hopefully restored to their former glory. The space in front of the entrance will be smartened and something nice replacing the shops. It would look so much better.
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/aug2005/9/1/00042EB6-7514-12EF-ADC90C02AC1BF824.jpg
A DAZZLING glass skyscraper could still be built despite a fresh setback for developers.
Chieftain Construction wants to build a 32-storey tower behind Liverpool's Lime Street station, containing a 160-bedroom hotel and about 150 apartments.
But councillors rejected the application last summer, saying it would clash with a tower planned as part of a redevelopment of the outside of the station.
On Monday, the firm's attempt to quash the Lime Street scheme, later approved by the city council, failed in London's high court.
But the developer will still try to get the go-ahead for its own proposal - at a car park site in Skelhorne Street.
A spokesman for Chieftain said: "We are disappointed with the court's decision, but are still appealing against the original refusal. That will be heard by a planning inspector at a public inquiry, starting on April 25."
Chieftain wanted a judicial review of approval of the Lime Street scheme on August 23.
Three weeks earlier, on August 2, Chieftain's project was blocked, partly because the council said it would clash with the Lime Street tower.
In court, Chieftain argued the council, after deciding the two projects were incompatible, should have considered them together at one meeting.
But Deputy Judge George Bartlett QC refused to grant a judicial review, saying Chieftain did not have a reasonable prospect of success.
English Partnerships hopes to start work on its scheme later this year, but the tower - a replacement for Concourse House - will not be ready until midway through 2008.
Louis
03-31-2006, 03:28 PM
as long as the shops are gone, and there is work going on, it doesnt matter if the area is still getting worked on, it shows that there is regeneration occuring to the visitor.
as long as the shops are gone, and there is work going on, it doesnt matter if the area is still getting worked on, it shows that there is regeneration occuring to the visitor.
My thoughts exactly :PDT11
Gnomie
04-01-2006, 12:19 AM
Lime street is to be blocked off at both ends and renamed Maggie Way:confused:
The nerve:$ik:
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/may2006/7/4/47F47D5A-CCF1-F8D9-A405B280F0643348.jpg
SHOPKEEPERS are blocking a multi-million pound transformation of ahuge city eyesore in a row over cash.
The loathed Concourse House faces demolition in ascheme which will reveal the Victorian splendour of Lime Street station.
Developer English Partnerships also plans a public square leading into the city and a 28-floor tower.
But five businesses in the parade of shops blocking the scheme claim they had not yet received an offer. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17098042%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26page=1%26headline=we%2dre%2dstaying%2dput-name_page.html)
:rolleyes:
Paul D
05-18-2006, 06:12 PM
Nothing's straight forward in Liverpool is it,it'll go ahead eventually but the shop owners are just after making a quick buck,I'm sure they reach an agreement soon.
WORK on one of Liverpool's key gateway schemes - a new-look Lime Street - may not have even started in 2008, Capital of Culture year, it was claimed last night. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17101569%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=cash%2drow%2ddelays%2dplans%2dfor%2dthe %2dnew%2dlime%2dstreet-name_page.html) :rolleyes:
Paul D
05-19-2006, 03:37 PM
WORK on one of Liverpool's key gateway schemes - a new-look Lime Street - may not have even started in 2008, Capital of Culture year, it was claimed last night. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17101569%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=cash%2drow%2ddelays%2dplans%2dfor%2dthe %2dnew%2dlime%2dstreet-name_page.html) :rolleyes:
They're trying to out bluff each other now,time is on the side of the shop owners so they should make a killing out of this.
Paul D
06-10-2006, 06:25 PM
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5170/441limestreetgatewaytowerpic15.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here's the Lime Street Gateway Tower.
A PLAN to transform Liverpool's Lime Street station would rid the city of its most hideous eyesore, a public inquiry has heard.
A government inspector was told yesterday that the controversial scheme would spell the end for Concourse House, voted Liverpool's "Blot Idol" by ECHO readers.
The high-rise would be replaced by a modern skyscraper and public square.
But the £35m project is opposed by three shops at the base of Concourse House which fear for their livelihoods.
The inquiry continues.
Paul D
07-05-2006, 03:53 PM
Why don't they just offer them more money just to get rid instead of wasting money on this inquiry? This gateway to the city could have been finished by 2008 and now it wont.
Thats' all the shops are holding out for init? Spondoolies £££££ :PDT_Xtremez_12: I suppose in this day and age, its only to be expected.
wallasey
07-17-2006, 12:55 AM
The new tower looks good, but if the existing tower is going to be with us for just a bit longer, surely a lick of paint wouldn't be a bad idea?
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/441LimeStreetGatewayTower_pic1.jpg
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=441
wallasey
08-07-2006, 11:48 AM
Hasn't a down-scaled design been submitted to the council because that one was too tall and would spoil the Lime Street Gateway? Personally speaking, it is all ready spoiled by the facarde of the St Johns Carpark! I wish that a mock facarde could be put up around the carpark so that it fit's in with the surroundings.
bazzacat
08-07-2006, 12:09 PM
Its a great looking building
Hasn't a down-scaled design been submitted to the council because that one was too tall and would spoil the Lime Street Gateway? Personally speaking, it is all ready spoiled by the facarde of the St Johns Carpark! I wish that a mock facarde could be put up around the carpark so that it fit's in with the surroundings.
I don't see how that would spoil the Lime Street Gateway.
wallasey
08-07-2006, 02:56 PM
But hasn't the tower pictured been changed because it is in breach of the Tall Building's Bill? I know that there have been two designs submitted anyway...
Paul D
08-18-2006, 04:05 PM
But hasn't the tower pictured been changed because it is in breach of the Tall Building's Bill? I know that there have been two designs submitted anyway...
That's the Chieftain tower just behind this you're getting mixed up with,the tower in that render already has planning permission and will be 28 storey's,incidentally the Chieftain tower had appealed this decision and has just lost its appeal.
Who the hell started that tall buildings bill? :lol:
Howie
08-19-2006, 09:48 AM
City centre development refused
Developers have lost a long-running battle over proposals for a multi-use development in Liverpool city centre.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41989000/jpg/_41989764_liverpoolskyline203.jpg
The development was turned down
following a public enquiry
Plans for a 160-bedroom hotel, more than 150 residential apartments and business space in two tower blocks near Lime Street Station have been refused.
Liverpool Council rejected the plans last summer so the developers appealed and a public inquiry was held.
But the government has also turned down the plans, saying the proposals would impact too much on surrounding areas.
In a report it claimed that the proposals would impact on the world heritage site, the William Brown Street conservation area and the listed buildings within it.
It also said that none of the benefits of the proposed plans - by Limerick-based developers Chieftain Construction Ltd - would outweigh 'the very real harm' to the townscape and heritage of the city.
Source: BBC NEWS | Merseyside (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/5265080.stm)
Howie
08-21-2006, 10:25 AM
Lime St tower appeal rejected
Aug 19 2006
By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff
A LAST-DITCH appeal by developers wanting to build a £50m hotel and tower block near to Liverpool's Lime Street station has been rejected by the Government.
Irish firm Chieftain launched an appeal last year after city planners turned down their application for a 32-storey building, fearing it would dominate the area.
But Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities, backed the decision and threw out the scheme.
Last night, Liverpool City Council claimed it was a vindication of the decision taken by its planning committee.
But Cllr Peter Millea, executive member for regeneration, said the city centre had lost out on a vital development.
He said: "This scheme was just what the area needed. It is not just about a block of flats, it's about everything that attracts.
"It would bring shops and amenities, which are desperately needed in that area.
"That part of town needs some landmark features. The scheme also offered good quality accommodation. We cannot just keep churning out cheap social housing.
"People want the type of housing that it offered.
"I'm disappointed by this decision."
Chieftain, under general manager Sean O'Sullivan, commissioned heritage consultants Roger Wools and Associates to carry out a comprehensive assessment of its proposal on the site in Skelhorne Street. They reported that the scheme would "preserve and enhance" the surroundings.
Although the inspector believed it would meet regeneration and housing requirements, the appeal was turned down because of the impact it would have on the William Brown Street conservation area, which is part of Liverpool's World Heritage Site.
Mrs Kelly also backed the inspector's findings that a cluster of tall buildings by Lime Street station would dilute the essence of the character of the area historically and visually.
Chieftain's only option of attempting to revive the project now is to take it to the High Court, but it is believed unlikely that will happen.
The company always believed the council turned down the plans because its tower was just yards away from another tall building being constructed by public sector body English Partnerships as part of the Lime Street Gateway project, which council officers have backed.
Chieftain feared the council favoured the public sector scheme at the expense of its own.
English Heritage had also raised concerns about the Chieftain plans, claiming skyscraper style developments around Lime Street would have a serious impact on historic buildings. CABE - Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - called the tower inelegant and over- complicated.
A city council spokesman said: "The planning inspector is an independent expert who has thoroughly vindicated the planning committee's stance on this application."
No one from Chieftain was available for comment last night.
Source: icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17596659%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=lime%2dst%2dtower%2dappeal%2drejected%2 d-name_page.html)
THE subway linking Lime Street station to St John's Centre is to be filled in as part of a major package of works to improve the appearance of Liverpool's main railway station. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17700705%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=subway%2dto%2dgo%2din%2drevamp%2dof%2dl ime%2dstreet-name_page.html)
Soreofhing
09-24-2006, 11:52 PM
My great great grandfather, a dockyard porter, was living with his family at 13 Court, Bolton Street in 1851.
I understand these old courts were terrible dumps with groups of slum houses surrounding a single outside toilet that served for all the houses in the court. The sewage would often run out and form open cesspools of stinking filth in the courtyard.
Will Bolton Street disappear with this new development?
I wouldn't be sorry, just interested.
In the 1850s his family moved around to different rented houses, Queens Place, Hodgsons Place, Clayton Street in various Courts..7,13,18.
Can you wonder that so many people died in childhood those days.
His son William made a great leap forward and moved out to Wavertree.
Urban
09-25-2006, 12:04 AM
it's a ****ing joke the amount of projects being knocked back especially tall buildings.
Why dont english heritage the labour government and the lib dems sling their hook.
I dont care what the old moaners say a centre right capitalist party would be better for Liverpool.
shytalk
09-25-2006, 12:12 AM
urban If you want the tories back you must be too young to remember their last performance.
Mrs. Thatcher did something good for me though, she made me emmigrate!
Urban
09-25-2006, 12:17 AM
A Liverpool Thatcher would sort this city out for good.
We have had 10 years of the Lib Dems ---granted a massive improvement on the pathetic Labour councils of the late 80s and 90s.
Prior to that we had a Stalinist administration which drove us back years.
As the Tories havent governed Liverpool for decades no one can judge what they would do.
shytalk
09-25-2006, 12:44 AM
Great idea urban, A Thatcher in charge could cut all benefits the the disabled and mentally sick, let the *******s starve, remove all council taxes from people who live in homes worth 200k and more. It is easy to imagine what another Thatcher could do. You have a sick mind.
Howie
09-25-2006, 01:19 AM
You raise some interesting issues Urban. Whilst I have little time for the Lib-Dems locally or New Labour nationally they were elected by their respective constituencies. It is up to the Tories to convince the electorate that a centre right party would be better.
PS. One of the benefits of age is that we remember what actually took place during the 60s, 70s and 80s. ;)
Urban
09-25-2006, 02:35 PM
To get back to the original point Lime Street is a disgrace.
The North Western Hotel looks awful and would be better if it was returned to a hotel.
The stretch between the ABC cinema and the Big House is terrible.
Why are these developments to improve the place being knocked back?
It is because the political will is not there and the city is over regulated.
lindylou
09-25-2006, 02:43 PM
Got to agree with that. It does look a shambles - half of Lime st looks like a dump. Yes, the North Western would be a fantastic hotel and should revert to that.
Waterways
09-27-2006, 12:10 AM
A Liverpool Thatcher would sort this city out for good.
We have had 10 years of the Lib Dems ---granted a massive improvement on the pathetic Labour councils of the late 80s and 90s.
Prior to that we had a Stalinist administration which drove us back years.
As the Tories havent governed Liverpool for decades no one can judge what they would do.
So, let's make sure we don't give them the chance to screw up again then.
Paul D
10-10-2006, 01:48 PM
Lime St revamp to go ahead
THE government has confirmed compulsory purchase orders on shops at Lime Street station which should allow work to start on a £46.5m revamp by next spring.
A public inquiry into plans to demolish the row of shops in front of the station approved the orders earlier this year, and the Secretary of State has now confirmed the order.
A spokeswoman for the developers said they hoped to begin demolition work on the shops and the Concourse tower block by late spring next year.:celb (23):
scouserdave
10-10-2006, 01:53 PM
Great news Paul:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
The area outside Limey looks like a dump.
At ruddy last :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Paul D
10-10-2006, 04:13 PM
Let's hope they now offer them decent compensation so they don't appeal.
Louis
10-10-2006, 06:38 PM
great news finally the eye sore will be ridde of!:celb (23):
Howie
10-23-2006, 01:13 PM
Threat to Gateway as owners fight CPO
Oct 23 2006
by Staff Reporter,
Liverpool Daily Post
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/article/11739878.jpeg
ONE of Liverpool’s biggest city centre makeover
schemes, the Lime Street Gateway, could face a new delay after traders vowed a legal challenge to a demolition plan.
At least two businesses remaining
in a block of doomed shops fronting Lime Street last night revealed they are considering going to the High Court to appeal against the confirmation of a
Compulsory Purchase Order.
The CPO has been issued to force the shops to close to enable the frontage to be demolished.
The plan is to remove
the 1970’s arcade of shops as well as “eyesore” Concourse House to pave the way for a multi million pound makeover.
Last night the owners of the Henry
Bohn bookshop, and the International Leather Store both confirmed they will seek legal action to halt the
plans.
Story continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=threat-to-gateway-as-owners-fight-cpo%26method=full%26
objectid=17975676%26siteid=50061-name_page.html#story_continue)...
Paul D
10-23-2006, 01:56 PM
I had a feeling this might happen.:disgust:
I had a feeling this might
happen.:disgust:
Me too! As usual, a tiny minority of people in Liverpool challenging something that is going to benefit everyone else. This
happens too much in this city. Whats all this about it being a building site for Liverpool's birthday! So what! I would rather there be a building site
there than a scatty tower with some derelict shops. Lets not forget, the sooner this gets going, the sooner it will be finished. I really hate this city
sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I second that, the way some people stand in the way of progress
seriously annoys me. Surely these businesses can continue to thrive elsewhere in better surroundings. As for the building sire thing, I dont see what the
problem is - cranes and workmen show signs of a city moving forward. If Liverpool wants to draw a line at development for 2008, schemes will be lost
elsewhere and developers wont come back.
I second that, the way some people stand in the way of progress
seriously annoys me. Surely these businesses can continue to thrive elsewhere in better surroundings. As for the building sire thing, I dont see what the
problem is - cranes and workmen show signs of a city moving forward. If Liverpool wants to draw a line at development for 2008, schemes will be lost
elsewhere and developers wont come back.
Agreed! I hope that some projects aren't complete for 2008 because if everything is finished, people
will come once and then not come again for years. Wheras if there are projects still in development, they will want to come back again and again. This is
what London is like. They dont set deadlines for all projects to be complete, they redevelop constantly which is what every city should do, including
Liverpool.
Howie
10-24-2006, 06:54 PM
I am appalled by the above comments.
To develop any area existing homeowners and businesses should be offered a level of compensation that allow them to continue elsewhere. The current policy
of offering people a pittance thereby making them homeless or putting them out of business is a disgrace. It should be challenged by far more than the
occasional visit to the high court.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
I am appalled by the above comments. To develop any
area existing homeowners and businesses should be offered a level of compensation that allow them to continue elsewhere. The current policy of offering
people a pittance thereby making them homeless or putting them out of business is a disgrace. It should be challenged by far more than the occasional visit
to the high court.
:mad: :mad: :mad:
These people aren't only offered money, they are also offered new premises. The reason they are
offered a pittance is because their properties are only worth a pittance, although I wouldn't call £120,000 a pittance when they are also being offered
alternative premises aswell!
Howie
10-29-2006, 08:14 PM
These people aren't only offered money, they are also offered new premises. The reason they are
offered a pittance is because their properties are only worth a pittance, although I wouldn't call £120,000 a pittance when they are also being offered
alternative premises aswell!
I don't know the details of the Lime St. offers but don't expect they differ too much from those in other areas.
Admittedly the offers to businesses have not been as derisory as those to individual homeowners. This is a case I know of from the Kensington area - offered
£38,000 - independently valued at £59,000 - eventually settled at £58,000 - had to pay £89,500 for another property - result £31,500 out of pocket.
As
to properties only being worth a pittance - that in many cases results in a large part from the regeneration activity itself.
PhilipG
10-29-2006, 10:31 PM
Henry Bohn's bookshop is one of the 2 businesses affected.
The manager says
he's been there nearly 8 years.
What puzzles me is that he moved from Berry Street to Lime Street, and the Berry Street shop was then refurbished, and
has remained empty ever since!
Not the manager's fault, of course, but still strange.
The answer about Concourse House seems to be to cover it up
with an advert that'll generate some money for the 2 years or so that it will still be with us.
This ad will show the dirt even more quickly than the one
on the former ABC Cinema (a Listed Building).
Howie
10-29-2006, 10:47 PM
Seems to me that the planners and
developers underestimated the increase in Liverpool property prices and that we're now all paying for it. There's already several million pound of public
money gone to meet the shortfall for the Edge Lane demolition, (I'm not even sure what that project's about anymore except that it clearly has nothing to
do with improving traffic flow). Maybe Lime St. is different - probably is just a case of one group of capitalists trying to screw another. :rolleyes:
Harry
11-07-2006, 12:15 PM
The people in these shops are no more than chancers, screwing the city for what they can get and to hell with everyone
else. They could take their scruffy businesses anywhere.
I'd bulldoze the buildings with them inside!
As Al Pacino, playing the New York mayor said in
the film City Hall, "We're trying to build a city here, not a democracy".
lindylou
11-07-2006, 01:00 PM
Must admit I
agree with you on that one.
It's very irritating that a few scruffy shops are holding up progress.
I'd brush them aside in a moment !! They are an
eyesore and always have been.
They are just being awkward and it looks to me as though they are hanging on there trying to see what they can get out of
it. :rolleyes:
Paul D
12-05-2006, 03:41 PM
I believe Chieftain have put in another planning application for the site that they wanted to build a 32 storey tower on next to the student accomodation,this time at a much reduced height.
I believe Chieftain have put in another planning application for the site that they wanted to build a 32 storey tower on next to the student accomodation,this time at a much reduced height.
What a surprise, NOT!!! I kind of feel sorry for these companies. They come forward with amazing proposals only to be knocked back by the planners or some heritage group, although, the fact that they still want to build something there shows that they do have faith in Liverpool and are commited to the city. We don't realise just how appealing Liverpool is to developers. It is far more appealing than places like Manchester or Birmingham and we must capitalise on that. Repeatedly knocking back proposals could lead to developers just giving up and going to other less desirable cities instead.
A MAJOR revamp of Liverpool's Lime Street Station got under way yesterday, in a project that will transform the city centre's main transport hub.
The £2m scheme will give the interior of the station a facelift before the city's Capital of Culture year with work expected to be completed by May next year.
Millions of travellers entering the gateway to the city will see modernised information screens and a fresh interior of the Grade II listed structure.
Improvements will include a new southern concourse for the station, new flooring, new information screens, a relocated taxi rank, extra cycle parking, extra seating and new disabled spaces created in the short stay car park.
Cllr Mark Dowd, chairman of Merseytravel, said: "Lime Street Station is such an important gateway for the region, and first impressions are important.
"At the moment, the impression we are giving the millions of people every year isn't great, particularly inside the station.
"The station flooring adjacent to the trains has remained untouched since before Beatle Mania. Our investment will help to change that.
"Lime Street Station is going to be very important over the next two years, with Liverpool's birthday and the 2008 celebrations, but this is also about leaving a lasting legacy of improvement that will shape people's perceptions for many years to come."
Network Rail, on behalf of Merseytravel, will carry out the work near to Platforms 7, 8 and 9 over the next six months.
Neil Scales, chief executive and director general of Merseytravel, said: "We will be working to ensure we cause very little disruption while these internal works take place, but they are important if Lime Street Station is to reflect the changing, growing face of Liverpool and the wider region."
In the new design, contrasting coloured flooring tiles will define the walkways and seating areas and slip-resistant ceramic tiles will modernise the inside of the station.
The taxi pick up/drop off point for the station will be relocated from the existing Lord Nelson Street side to the Skelhorne Street part of the station.
And the screen that separates the south concourse of the station will be relocated for better access to the platforms and to the Skelhorne Street entrance and exit of the station.
Once completed, the short-stay car park will include 29 spaces, including four blue badge spaces.
kate.mansey@liverpool.com
RAIL officials dealt Liverpool a major blow last night when they ruled out an upgrade of Lime Street station to match the transformation at Manchester Piccadilly. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=lime-street-cash-plea-is-snubbed%26method=full%26objectid=18422225%26siteid =50061-name_page.html)
scouserdave
01-09-2007, 09:20 AM
"The station is being given a small-scale facelift, costing £2m, to make its interior more attractive before the Capital of Culture year in 2008.
New flooring and new information screens will be put in near platforms 7, 8 and 9, as well as extra cycle parking, extra seating and new disabled spaces in the short stay car park
But, in sharp contrast, around £110m was spent over five years at Piccadilly Station, to prepare it for an influx of visitors for the 2003 Commonwealth Games"
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Interested to know what profit they made investing all this money in Manchester Piccadilly. Bad memories of this station. Our footy train was always bricked 5 minutes after departing from there in the 70s/80s
RAIL officials dealt Liverpool a major blow last night when they ruled out an upgrade of Lime Street station to match the transformation at Manchester Piccadilly. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=lime-street-cash-plea-is-snubbed%26method=full%26objectid=18422225%26siteid =50061-name_page.html)
To be honest, I don't think it needs a major facelift. The roof has recently been completely re-furbished and a new cctv system was installed less than a year ago. I think a minor refurbishment is all that is needed, which is what is happening with new signs and new flooring. Lime street is an attractive station both inside and out (after those shops have gone), Manchester Piccadilly before its major refurb was an absolute dump and in need of huge investment, Lime street isn't.
Piccadilly may have been a dump but did it still need 50 times as much more spending on it than Liverpool? Where was the "business case" then. As always one rule for Manchester one rule for Liverpool.
Harry
01-11-2007, 02:42 PM
Lime Street Station IS a dump and needs major refurbishment, its pathetic when compared to other main line stations in big cities.
The city centre movement strategy in Lime Street was geared to provide better access to the station to the detriment of other routes and access to shops etc. with the resulting traffic chaos. What is the point when Liverpool is being constantly degraded by national bodies, cutting routes and fair shares of funding?
We don't need anyone saying they are not sure if this is needed; this comment was made too often about the trams and only contributed to their demise.
The bias towards our ugly sister down the M62 borders on racism at times.
They are the real city for hand-outs while we are stuck with the stigma.
ayjaykay
01-11-2007, 04:15 PM
Lime Street Station IS a dump and needs major refurbishment, its pathetic when compared to other main line stations in big cities.
It's a million times better than Birmingham New Street (although that is about to be redeveloped).
Lime Street Station IS a dump and needs major refurbishment, its pathetic when compared to other main line stations in big cities.
The city centre movement strategy in Lime Street was geared to provide better access to the station to the detriment of other routes and access to shops etc. with the resulting traffic chaos. What is the point when Liverpool is being constantly degraded by national bodies, cutting routes and fair shares of funding?
We don't need anyone saying they are not sure if this is needed; this comment was made too often about the trams and only contributed to their demise.
The bias towards our ugly sister down the M62 borders on racism at times.
They are the real city for hand-outs while we are stuck with the stigma.
The head of Network Rail though says we should just be grateful for the new roof (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=just-be-grateful-that-you%2D%2D8217%2Dve-got-a-new-roof%26method=full%26objectid=18518118%26page=1%26 siteid=50061-name_page.html)
Paul D
02-07-2007, 01:35 PM
Image removed until it goes public.:)
That's not on the Concourse house site though ? It looks like Bolton st on the old Ribble bus depot. Is the Lime street frontage just being paved when those shops have gone?
That's not on the Concourse house site though ? It looks like Bolton st on the old Ribble bus depot. Is the Lime street frontage just being paved when those shops have gone?
Correct. That isn't concourse house. The area outside Lime street will be paved on different levels with seating and lighting. Have a look at earlier threads.
peewak
02-07-2007, 03:41 PM
I heard virgin trains are going to start handing out hardhats and hi-viz jackets on inbound trains to lime street
PhilipG
02-07-2007, 07:36 PM
That's the site of the Ribble Bus Station.
For the ex-Pats, the 2 other blocks are already built.
(And the Electric generating station [or whatever it is] has been air-brushed out!).
Are we still getting a tall glass tower on the Concourse House site?
I always thought 2 so close together would be rather messy.
The tower is still going up as far as I know. That proposal above certainly fits in well with the surrounding buildings, like the missing jigsaw piece.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/392167349_30e3828dcd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/392167349/)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/392168171_89aec1eb59_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/392168171/)
Why have those advertising covers been taken off already? I wonder if it is going to be demolished sooner than expected? Does anyone know?:)
Why have those advertising covers been taken off already? I wonder if it is going to be demolished sooner than expected? Does anyone know?:)
They were taken down because they were deeemed unsafe when we had the high winds a few weeks back
MissInformed
02-16-2007, 10:20 PM
Was wandering around St Georges Hall exterior a week or so ago and noticed that there was a big circle missing from one of the lions backs...
i wonder why?
PhilipG
02-16-2007, 11:30 PM
Was wandering around St Georges Hall exterior a week or so ago and noticed that there was a big circle missing from one of the lions backs...
i wonder why?
Mange? :)
Perhaps it was damaged by being caged for the Biennial?
MissInformed
02-17-2007, 01:58 PM
Mange? :)
Perhaps it was damaged by being caged for the Biennial?
hehe
i think the 'hole' looks quite old and eroded. But it is a perfect circle. It hasn't been done by accident
Libertarian
02-17-2007, 03:46 PM
Lime street needs a strategy. I notice there is still no action on the tatty shops in front of the station. For god's sake get on with it.
Was wandering around St Georges Hall exterior a week or so ago and noticed that there was a big circle missing from one of the lions backs...
i wonder why?
Those lions need cleaning like St Georges Hall. They've been like that for years. Wellingtons column could do with cleaning too.
Libertarian
02-17-2007, 05:59 PM
Those lions need cleaning like St Georges Hall. They've been like that for years. Wellingtons column could do with cleaning too.
They could do with tearing down the old TGWU building. In fact the area adjacent to Lime Street, London Road lets it down badly.
Jericho
02-18-2007, 10:28 AM
Although at long last London Road is on the up (well, the top end anyway). This is more than can be said for Lime Stree south of the old ABC cinema - now that is a disgrace. It should be one of the city's best streets - one end St Lukes and the other St Georges Hall. What a waste. Typical Liverpool!
Although at long last London Road is on the up (well, the top end anyway). This is more than can be said for Lime Stree south of the old ABC cinema - now that is a disgrace. It should be one of the city's best streets - one end St Lukes and the other St Georges Hall. What a waste.
Yep, agreed
Typical Liverpool!
Typical Liverpool what?
kenotoole123@msn.com
02-18-2007, 12:44 PM
St Lukes.....The Top End of London Road ??.....I don't think so:shock:
scouserdave
02-18-2007, 01:17 PM
St Lukes.....The Top End of London Road ??.....I don't think so:shock:
Neither was Jericho. He meant the Lime St/Renshaw St end.
Jericho
02-18-2007, 01:21 PM
Typical Liverpool what?
Sorry, that was a bit obscure of me. I meant the ability of the city to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear. Standing opposite the ABC you can see St George's Hall, along Lime Street proper you can see what used to be the Futurist, the tower of the Vines, the Adelphi (OK, no longer Lime Street but part of the potential St Georges - St Lukes vista that could give Hope Street a run for its money), Epstein's statue and further along, Central Hall and the Rapid 'towerette'! before St Lukes itself.
Anywhere else this would be a top class boulevard.
Does anyone know why St Georges Hall isn't fully lit anymore? It looks fantastic when it is, but every time I see it at night recently, it only has a few lights on.
NEW plans for a £35m hotel complex behind Liverpool’s Lime Street station were being unveiled today.
Irish developer Chieftain, which lost a long-running battle to build a skyscraper on the same site last summer, is behind the proposals.
The firm’s previous scheme involved a 32-floor tower, containing a five-star hotel and around 80 apartments, to be built on a car park off Skelhorne Street.
That plan was rejected by Liverpool council and the government, so Chieftain has drawn up a more modest proposal.
It now wants to construct a 14-storey complex featuring a three or four-star, 150-bedroom hotel and about 90 flats. continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=%2Dpound%2D35m-tower-is-back-on-track-for-lime-street%26method=full%26objectid=18706116%26siteid= 50061-name_page.html)....
scouserdave
03-13-2007, 01:02 PM
Brilliant pics Gerard, ta mate:handclap:
Don't know why, but this one really catches my eye.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/DSC01542.jpg
scouserdave
03-13-2007, 01:11 PM
Gerard, thanks mate. It makes a cracking B+W vignette:PDT11
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/gerard.jpg
Gerard
03-13-2007, 01:16 PM
Gerard, thanks mate. It makes a cracking B+W vignette:PDT11
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/gerard.jpg
Eh I like that Dave. :handclap:
Great to see the lions finally being cleaned. Are the statues going to be cleaned aswell?:)
For Art, Law and Counsel
Artibvs legibvs consillis
REWRITTEN plans for a tower behind Liverpool’s Lime Street station are finally due for approval.
Irish developer Chieftain failed last year with proposals for a dazzling glass tower housing the city’s first five-star hotel.
But it has returned with a slightly different project, this time including a 151-bedroom hotel and almost 90 flats in two 13 and 12-storey blocks.
Councillors will discuss the plan next Tuesday.
THE long-running saga of a controversial development site alongside Liverpool’s Lime Street station has finally been resolved.
Irish developer Chieftain saw ambitious plans for a skyscraper hit the buffers when it faced opposition from city planners.
Now a revised scheme that will see a stunning 13-storey building on the Skelhorne Street site has been approved by the council’s planning committee.
Councillors backed a recommendation from officers who supported the scaled-down development.
Chieftain will now construct a new landmark building on the sloping site. It will include a 151-bed four-star hotel, 88 apartments and a 39-space basement car park. The area around the building will also be landscaped.
The developers took their previous project to a govern- ment planning appeal, but the Secretary of State dis- missed the appeal, bringing to an end hopes of a 32-storey tower. Liverpool architects Falconer ChesterHall devised a modified scheme for the triangular shaped block.
Council planning manager Nigel Lee said the revised plans overcome concerns about the potential impact of the skyscraper building.
“It will provide an attractive and impressive development at the entrance to the city from Lime Street Station,” said Mr Lee. source (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=lime-street-skyscraper-controversy-finally-resolved%26method=full%26objectid=18925330%26sitei d=50061-name_page.html)
PhilipG
04-20-2007, 09:27 AM
Has there been any recent news about the site of Concourse House?
I wasn't quite sure where to post this so i'll try here. I have noticed recently that alot of the buildings and statues etc in town haven't been lit up. One night last week the chinese arch, st georges hall, the anglican cathedral and st lukes weren't lit up. Does anyone know why? St georges hall in particular hasn't been fully lit for months!
PhilipG
05-01-2007, 11:02 PM
Does anybody know why scaffolding has gone up on the former ABC (Forum) cinema?
Ross08
05-01-2007, 11:12 PM
I noticed workmen today up at the 08 banner on on the former ABC in Lime Street.
It looked as though they were about to remove it. This could be a signal that work is about to start on the building.
I believe that a well-known footballer had wanted to transform the empty cinema into a sports bar but was refused permission.
I'd love to see it brought back into use.
PhilipG
05-01-2007, 11:47 PM
I noticed workmen today up at the 08 banner on on the former ABC in Lime Street.
It looked as though they were about to remove it. This could be a signal that work is about to start on the building.
I believe that a well-known footballer had wanted to transform the empty cinema into a sports bar but was refused permission.
I'd love to see it brought back into use.
The banner was still there this evening.
Scaffolding can also mean demolition.
There are signs on the building saying "Dangerous site".
marky
05-02-2007, 08:32 AM
I think those 'dangerous site' notices can also mean the building contains dangerous materials. Owners don't like to broadcast that information, though.
Asbestos was mentioned on page 4 of this ABC thread:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=4651
Get down there phil, with your camera...mobile phone masts are to be erected. The following is from the Liverpool City Councils' Planning Applications site:
07L/0232 Current Status Decided
Site Address The ABC Cinema, corner of Elliot Street & Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 Applicant Vodafone Ltd
Applicant Address Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN
Proposal To erect flagpole to the front to house antennas, 2 face mounted antennas to west elevation, 2 antennas to south east elevation and a further pole mounted dish antenna to south west of building chimney
Date Notice Posted: 14/3/07
skgogosfan
05-03-2007, 03:56 AM
I was wondering about the new scaffolding too-I'd forgotten about that app for phone masts so it's probably that. Certainly not demolition-that would have been an application I'd have noticed!
Dave.
PhilipG
05-03-2007, 06:32 AM
I was wondering about the new scaffolding too-I'd forgotten about that app for phone masts so it's probably that. Certainly not demolition-that would have been an application I'd have noticed!
Dave.
They won't need scaffolding for phone masts.
They just go on to the roof.
The scaffolding means something major - it's right along the entire frontage.
marky
05-03-2007, 08:58 AM
I just hope they get rid of that ugly 08 banner. I took these yesterday...it does seem strange to have scaffolding all the way around. Normally they'd just use a crane and cherry-picker to install phone-masts...unless they're going to be massive ones. Maybe it's a health and safety issue, with all the public down below. Let's hope they give the building a clean while they're up there.
PhilipG
05-03-2007, 09:10 AM
I just hope they get rid of that ugly 08 banner. I took these yesterday...it does seem strange to have scaffolding all the way around. Normally they'd just use a crane and cherry-picker to install phone-masts...unless they're going to be massive ones. Maybe it's a health and safety issue, with all the public down below. Let's hope they give the building a clean while they're up there.
It looks like the scaffolding is going over the banner.
I'm beginning to get worried.
drone_pilot
05-03-2007, 09:57 AM
Maybe it's there as a protection from damage when they demolish that ugly tower next to the station.
PhilipG
05-03-2007, 10:02 AM
Maybe it's there as a protection from damage when they demolish that ugly tower next to the station.
One of the reasons for scaffolding going up on a building is to protect passers-by from the demolition of that building, not from a neighbouring building that's being demolished.
marky
05-03-2007, 01:13 PM
The phone masts are the most recent planning application...decided only a couple of weeks ago, so I still think that's what they're doing. Looking at the planning application there are at least half-a-dozen going up, so maybe it's a big job. The time to get worried is if you see dust netting getting placed around the scaffolding.
PhilipG
05-03-2007, 01:21 PM
The phone masts are the most recent planning application...decided only a couple of weeks ago, so I still think that's what they're doing. Looking at the planning application there are at least half-a-dozen going up, so maybe it's a big job. The time to get worried is if you see dust netting getting placed around the scaffolding.
It's a Listed Building, so I wonder why the phone masts have got permission (which won't see the building being used) and not the application to turn it into a night club, which would have involved putting in more windows.
I know they're going to argue that phone masts aren't altering the building, but they'll certainly alter the art-deco look of it.
I still think that all that scaffolding is there for a bigger reason than phone masts.
theninesisters
05-03-2007, 02:01 PM
It's a Listed Building, so I wonder why the phone masts have got permission (which won't see the building being used) and not the application to turn it into a night club, which would have involved putting in more windows.
I know they're going to argue that phone masts aren't altering the building, but they'll certainly alter the art-deco look of it.
I still think that all that scaffolding is there for a bigger reason than phone masts.
Personally I would say (and not just quoting you Phil but the list) that all the scaffolding IS there just for the phone masts. I've been working on putting a bell frame in St Barnabus Penny Lane and part of the big hold up was to wait for Orange to put in some phone masts. They covered the entire tower with scaffolding and you'd think that walking past, they were going to demolish it. Within the tower the built a false floor to hold all their gubbins up - so maybe what they are doing does suffice for the amount of metalwork around the building?
2729
PhilipG
05-03-2007, 02:10 PM
Personally I would say (and not just quoting you Phil but the list) that all the scaffolding IS there just for the phone masts. I've been working on putting a bell frame in St Barnabus Penny Lane and part of the big hold up was to wait for Orange to put in some phone masts. They covered the entire tower with scaffolding and you'd think that walking past, they were going to demolish it. Within the tower the built a false floor to hold all their gubbins up - so maybe what they are doing does suffice for the amount of metalwork around the building?
2729
I hope you're right, Jona.
Phone masts are better than demolition, I suppose.
I've been given the email address of the letting agent for the building, so hopefully I'll be told what's happening.
I've just remembered.
The phone masts on the Gaumont near me were put up without scaffolding.
Dear AK1
Thank you for your interest in the ABC cinema. I can confirm that
scaffolding has been erected so that stone cleaning can take place.
Kathryn Hayden
Communications Manager - North West & West Midlands
01925 644623
Received this from English Partnerships today
I don't believe this. Iv'e just rang them and it's going to be in blue and yellow just like Jack and Vera's.
PhilipG
05-09-2007, 03:01 PM
Dear AK1
Thank you for your interest in the ABC cinema. I can confirm that
scaffolding has been erected so that stone cleaning can take place.
Kathryn Hayden
Communications Manager - North West & West Midlands
01925 644623
Received this from English Partnerships today
Thank you for this information.
I was given the email address of the letting agents for English Partnerships but received no reply.
Do you know why it is being cleaned, and if phone masts are going up?
As it is a Listed Building, English Heritage should be aware of proposed phone masts, and I've been led to believe that they don't know about them.
marky
05-09-2007, 03:36 PM
Here's the official Liverpool City Councils' website for planning applications:
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/environment/planning/mvm_explorer.asp
Entering the site address as 'Lime Street' shows what has been submitted since 2000. Looking at the 'phone mast decision, it expires on 13/3/2010...I guess they have 3 years to erect the masts? The application does note that this is a Listed Building.
PhilipG
05-09-2007, 04:00 PM
Here's the official Liverpool City Councils' website for planning applications:
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/environment/planning/mvm_explorer.asp
Entering the site address as 'Lime Street' shows what has been submitted since 2000. Looking at the 'phone mast decision, it expires on 13/3/2010...I guess they have 3 years to erect the masts? The application does note that this is a Listed Building.
Thanks Marky.
I'm passing all this stuff on to the Cinema Theatre Association, who haven't been informed about phone masts.
They know that English Partnerships have recently been "Marketing" the building.
I don't believe this. Iv'e just rang them and it's going to be in blue and yellow just like Jack and Vera's.
I hope you're joking!
PhilipG
05-09-2007, 07:33 PM
I'm confused.
AK1 has received an email saying the scaffolding is there for the cleaning of the stonework, but there was no mention of phone masts.
Marky has sent the link which says there's been an application for 6 phone masts, but there's no mention of the stonework being cleaned.
and...........no mention of Jack and Vera either. Yes, only joking Marky :)
Talking of stone cleaning, I hope that Lewis's is given a clean and refurbished when it is taken over. It's a great building that has been poorly looked after both on the inside and the outside. It has the potential to become a huge, genuine department store if it is ran properly and maintained better than before.
Jonny
06-16-2007, 09:22 PM
Sorry if this has come up before but im still getting to grips with this forum. Anyway i really like the look of the tower from an artists inpression but when will this be built i havnt seen any building work.
Cheers Jonny
3485
Hi Jonny have a look through this thread
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=976
Jonny
06-16-2007, 10:10 PM
Cheers SteH
crabbers
09-07-2007, 06:54 AM
Hmmm.
Seems as though the ABC scheme to improve Lime Street will be rather overshadowed by the cancellation of the Lime Street towerblock scheme.
One of the ugliest buildings in liverpool, IMHO
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/09/07/lime-street-tower-plan-scrapped-64375-19747419/
Libertarian
09-07-2007, 04:06 PM
Due to the sheer selfishness and bloodymindedness of the owners of the tattiest row of shops I have ever seen this important scheme has now collapsed.
PhilipG
09-07-2007, 04:15 PM
Due to the sheer selfishness and bloodymindedness of the owners of the tattiest row of shops I have ever seen this important scheme has now collapsed.
Bohn's bookshop moved to Lime Street from Berry Street, and that shop has been unused ever since!
A.D.W
09-07-2007, 04:30 PM
Bohn's bookshop moved to Lime Street from Berry Street, and that shop has been unused ever since!
I have only ever bought one book from that Bohn's bookshop. One!
:PDT_Xtremez_42:
Paul D
09-07-2007, 05:21 PM
The only saving grace in this is the news that the whole row facing the ABC cinema will be restored along with the facade of the Futurist cinema,this is long overdue IMO.
Paul D
09-07-2007, 05:22 PM
The gateway will still be done but without the tower proposal incase anyone's confused.
PhilipG
09-07-2007, 06:32 PM
The only saving grace in this is the news that the whole row facing the ABC cinema will be restored along with the facade of the Futurist cinema,this is long overdue IMO.
I thought everything between the Crown and the Vines was going to be demolished.
Is that not now the case?
Bad news that we've lost the tower :disgust:, but at least getting rid of the Concourse Tower and the grotty shops will be a vast improvement in itself.
John(Zappa)
09-07-2007, 08:44 PM
Just getting rid of them grotty shops will be a vast improvement.Also if they sort the pedestrian crossing it will be a bonus.I have seen many people dithering crossing over from Lime st.:PDT_Xtremez_42:
Philip, I thought there was a long standing lime street thread? you seem to have posted into it?http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=976
just a little reminder of what you were saying to me earlier and how it all makes sense.I know you didnt start this thread, but you are contributing towards it? and, i have noticed that you havent said anything to the origional poster, like u have with me? doubling of standards perhaps?
kat:disgust:
Just a reminder again
Forum Etiquette (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=5949) | Forum Rules (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=321)
so, Kev, your not going to move this thread to the correct lime street thread that already exists?. Just wondered considering as you put it, on going threads and contributing to an ongoing thread? Your Lime Street thread has been going for a few years now, shouldnt the above posts be added to that existing thread, or do you have issues with my threads only?
forum rules are fine provided those that monitor them make sure that they apply those rules equally for all that post in yo liverpool, and not just take it out on one individual such as myself.
kat:)
Kat, I thought about it this morning and was just about to then decided not to as this is a project that is no longer happening and not part of the plan for the area, should it be resurrected, I will merge it with the main Lime Street area thread. Its in the development section, that'll do for now. :)
The Lime street project is not dead, as implied by the poster, all that is happening is that the tower has not got approval, the works to the station where the shops are, I understand is still on going.
The tower has always been an issue, (cant think why)
but improvements to the frontage at that end of lime street station together with works at the abc cinema means hopefully things should be a little better.
dont forget also the bigger plan, if St Johns is going to be re developed in 2009 and how that links up with lime street?
i dont think things are dead in thewater yet.
kat:)
Paul D
09-08-2007, 06:19 PM
I thought everything between the Crown and the Vines was going to be demolished.
Is that not now the case?
Most of it is but not the Futurist I think,I can't wait too see the designs.
PhilipG
09-08-2007, 06:29 PM
Most of it is but not the Futurist I think,I can't wait too see the designs.
Me too.
Liverpool is about the only city in the UK (perhaps the world) which still has its first 3 purpose-built cinemas.
The Bedford, the Kensington and the Futurist.
That's a remarkable achievement.
However, the Bedford is threatened with demolition, but we are trying to get it Listed.
LIVERPOOL city centre eyesore Concourse House is to be wrapped in huge banners advertising Capital of Culture year. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/11/01/lime-street-eyesore-to-be-covered-up-for-2008-64375-20044165/)
Haven't they already tried that one?
Why don't they just hurry up and get rid of the **** thing!
lindylou
11-01-2007, 11:40 PM
Haven't they already tried that one?
Why don't they just hurry up and get rid of the **** thing!
I can't wait for it to go ... and those scruffy old shops :disgust:
PhilipG
11-02-2007, 06:09 PM
Haven't they already tried that one?
Why don't they just hurry up and get rid of the **** thing!
Yes, they have, and I've got photos to prove it.
They were taken down (from St John's Tower as well) because they couldn't withstand strong winds.
An eyesore is still an eyesore whether it's covered with banners or not.
What a sight it's going to be for visitors next year.
I thought so - I remember seeing the enormous advert with the green rocking-horse thing from my work and taking weeks to realise it was on the Concourse tower.
Anyway - how can the plan for a new tower there be rejected, when there already is a tower? Replacing what's there with a better version can't make an area worse can it :rolleyes:
I thought so - I remember seeing the enormous advert with the green rocking-horse thing from my work and taking weeks to realise it was on the Concourse tower.
Anyway - how can the plan for a new tower there be rejected, when there already is a tower? Replacing what's there with a better version can't make an area worse can it :rolleyes:
The tower that was proposed for the concourse house site was approved over a year ago, but the developers decided to scrap the plan for a smaller building instead, mainly because of the huge amount of money they've spent on trying to remove the two remaining shop owners. It will be interesting to see what the new designs look like.:unibrow:
:rolleyes:
It comes to mind, that the remaining shop owners only have their own £££'s in mind rather than the benefit of the city ... I don't see any other reason for wanting to keep the concourse shops!
DaisyChains
11-03-2007, 09:51 AM
I'm confused now!
I think PhilipG asked a few posts back, is the block between The Vines and the Crown being demolished?
Someone said the Futurist is staying! Hurrah!!!!!
marky
11-07-2007, 03:06 PM
Workmen are on the Concourse House Tower today. I presume getting it ready to be covered in a new banner.
NEW plans for the key Lime Street Gateway project have been revealed by English Partnerships.
The plans have been submitted to the city council, just months after a thorough reappraisal of the whole project was taken due to significant delays.
The prolonged Compulsory Purchase Order process and major building cost inflation held up the plan, but now a fresh outlook has been developed by the Government’s national regeneration agency, English Partnerships.
Eliot Lewis-Ward, English Partnerships’ Area Director, said: “This scheme will transform the landscape of this part of the city by opening up the splendid Victorian frontage of the station and providing a broad area of attractive public realm to complement the St George’s plateau.
“It is a complex project but, when completed, it will provide the city with a Gateway of which it can be truly proud.”
There has been no change to the key aim of the Gateway which is to remove the eyesore buildings, open up the Victorian splendour of the station and provide a broad area of attractive public realm.
But there will be no residential tower, which has been affected by the wait in securing vacant possession.
The arched gable end of the listed Victorian station building will be revealed, creating a new area of public realm, greatly improved pedestrian access to and from the station and better links to the city’s Cultural Quarter. Subject to planning approval, work clearing the interiors of the buildings is due to start in spring 2008, to be followed by demolition beginning in July.
While construction of the new public realm is due to start in January, 2009, the proposals include the demolition of Concourse House and the row of shops that currently mask the main entrance to the station.
Jim Gill, chief executive of Liverpool Vision, said: “The approach to Lime Street station has been an eyesore for many years. The proposed scheme will remove Concourse House and the retail units and create an attractive approach to one of the city’s most important visitor gateways.”
The project has involved a partnership between English Partnerships, the city council, Network Rail and Merseytravel. There will be significantly improved direct access to the station, with gentle slopes which the designers say will avoid the steep hill of Skelhorne Street and the station side entrance and make the station much more easily accessible for everyone.
The design also includes potential for tree planting, using a raised stone planter with lime trees and shrubs.
Liverpool Daily Post
PhilipG
12-22-2007, 10:18 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2126831648_c516033d62_o.jpg
PhilipG
12-22-2007, 11:07 AM
Thanks Kev.
The floodlighting isn't very effective, and some weren't working.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2296/2126055807_fce47205e1_o.jpg
NEW plans to demolish the eyesore office block and shops outside Liverpool’s Lime Street station were this week handed to the council.
The new gateway will reveal the masked arched gable end of the listed Victorian station building.
Lime trees and shrubs are also being incorporated into the design.
If Liverpool council planners approve the scheme, work clearing the buildings could start next spring.
And the demolition of 1960s Concourse House and the shops covering the station facade could begin as soon as July.
Construction of the new-look station approach is earmarked for January 2009.
Designers said the new layout will create an impressive new public area, better pedestrian access to and from the station and better links to the city’s cultural quarter.
The land is now owned by government regeneration body English Partnerships.
Area director Eliot Lewis-Ward said: “This scheme will transform the landscape of this part of the city by opening up the splendid Victorian frontage of the station and providing a broad area of attractive public realm to complement the St George’s plateau.
“It is a complex project but when completed it will provide the city with a gateway of which it can be truly proud.” He said direct access to the station will be significantly improved with gentle slopes.
Regeneration agency Liverpool Vision is working with English Partnerships on the scheme.
Vision chief executive Jim Gill said: “The proposed scheme will create an attractive approach to one of the city’s most important visitor gateways.”
Delays caused by problems with compulsory purchase orders on the shops led to the new proposals.
Liverpool Echo
woody
12-25-2007, 04:57 PM
Hi Kev, Merry Christmas to you and all on YO.
Latest plan for Lime Street Station :002:............
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5183/limestgatewaydec07cd2.jpg
We can say goodbye soon to this brute...........
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8043/20071216200716dec0049cv0.jpg
Many thanks for that and a merry Christmas to you too :PDT11
shoney
12-25-2007, 06:18 PM
Culture to me is about the people of the city, their lives and ways they live, also the surrounds and buildings they live in, obviously the tired city needs a tidy up and spruce up , but new steel , aluminium and glassbuildings imported from the continent constructed by labour from outside the region have nothing to do with culture in my opinion, the whole scheme from it's inception gives me the impression it is just a big free for all money grab by uncultured people.
lindylou
12-25-2007, 06:48 PM
hmm.. you could be right there. :neutral:
To be honest, the sooner they demolish the better, even if construction doesn't start till 2009. Just clearing the area will be a vast improvement. Regarding the poor lighting on the advertising boards, I think that the lights just need to be angled differently, they seem to be pointing towards the ground rather than the actual building.
A.D.W
12-26-2007, 11:07 PM
19th December 2007.
http://www.liverpoolviews.co.uk/lime/lime/2007/lime19120732.jpg
doorwaydave
12-27-2007, 04:20 PM
the american bar near lime street,is miss liberty holding up a upside down faded bottle of bud lite in her torch?:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
excellent pic AD.
Here's another view - 27th December 2007. Stuck out like a sore thumb.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2140938923_33ca75ab10_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/2140938923/)
I feel the need to get someone in charge of the Concourse Tower area, grab them by the collar and shout "get on with it" .... :unibrow:
marky
01-08-2008, 01:19 PM
Lime St. subway closes for good in a few days. Some liverbirds are painted on the walls of this.
Cadfael
01-08-2008, 01:36 PM
excellent pic AD.
Here's another view - 27th December 2007. Stuck out like a sore thumb.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2358/2140938923_33ca75ab10_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/2140938923/)
Can't wait for a bloody good gust of wind :PDT11
ONE of Liverpool’s most familiar hair salons is on the move as a new deal to redevelop one of the gateways into the city awaits approval. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/08/salon-on-the-move-to-make-way-for-lime-street-gateway-64375-20322342/)
John(Zappa)
01-08-2008, 03:45 PM
Culture to me is about the people of the city, their lives and ways they live, also the surrounds and buildings they live in, obviously the tired city needs a tidy up and spruce up , but new steel , aluminium and glassbuildings imported from the continent constructed by labour from outside the region have nothing to do with culture in my opinion, the whole scheme from it's inception gives me the impression it is just a big free for all money grab by uncultured people.
Yeah I feel the same way.Someones making a good few quid outta this.Not the people of Liverpool but some already rich fat cat.
Harry
01-28-2008, 04:56 PM
Some of your precious Liverpool people are to blame for the Lime Street station debacle.
The owners of the scruffy shops on the concourse did all they could to hold the city to ransom. This coupled with a disgracefully inept and unimaginative city council, who managed to kybosh a privately funded skyscraper in favour of their own which
Much of Liverpool's culture and history has come from other parts of the world, we have to stop being so parochial.
PhilipG
01-28-2008, 09:32 PM
Some of your precious Liverpool people are to blame for the Lime Street station debacle.
The owners of the scruffy shops on the concourse did all they could to hold the city to ransom. This coupled with a disgracefully inept and unimaginative city council, who managed to kybosh a privately funded skyscraper in favour of their own which
Much of Liverpool's culture and history has come from other parts of the world, we have to stop being so parochial.
Have you been in the 2 remaining shops and asked them if they're Scousers?
I suspect that they're not.
Leaving that aside, they were only protecting their own interests, selfishly, or not.
Well said Philip on both counts.
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 12:47 PM
I just love this forum.
How is Harry wrong for making an assumption about Liverpool shop owners being Scousers but then Philip gets applauded for guessing that they are not?
:retard::retard::retard:
PhilipG
01-29-2008, 12:56 PM
I just love this forum.
How is Harry wrong for making an assumption about Liverpool shop owners being Scousers but then Philip gets applauded for guessing that they are not?
:retard::retard::retard:
I love this forum, too.
It's called free speech, which alllows you to choose whatever smilies you like. :disgust:
Read the part of Harry's quote that I highlighted.
Or did you miss that? :PDT10
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 01:22 PM
I chose those smilies because they looked the closest i could find to confusion. The name they are tagged with had nothing to do with it.
And yes i did read the highlighted part.
chippie
01-29-2008, 02:09 PM
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z280/desmondstreet/townhall3.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z280/desmondstreet/portolpool.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z280/desmondstreet/museum.jpg
what does the photographers think of these taken by me last Saturday on my camera phone. I thought they looked ok but a bit amateurish.
I just love this forum.
How is Harry wrong for making an assumption about Liverpool shop owners being Scousers but then Philip gets applauded for guessing that they are not?
:retard::retard::retard:
Possibly because it's quite possible that he made the wrong assumption.
But that aside, yes, possibly (that word again) the shop owners were just looking for a better pay day which possibly (oh no) might have been justified because I don't know how much they were offered, only that the others all left ages ago ;)
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 02:51 PM
That was my point exactly.
You don't know and he doesn't know. Your guess should be as good as his. But seniority here takes precedent again.
I'm not part of YoLiverpool's inner circle so i'll just take shut up and watch from the side lines.
PhilipG
01-29-2008, 02:57 PM
That was my point exactly.
You don't know and he doesn't know. Your guess should be as good as his. But seniority here takes precedent again.
I'm not part of YoLiverpool's inner circle so i'll just take shut up and watch from the side lines.
OMG!
Everybody now.
"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE!"
Rodders, there is no Inner Circle here.
Some people agree with some posts, and some don't.
lindylou
01-29-2008, 02:58 PM
I don't care what anyone else thinks about my opinion - but for what it is worth I thought it stubborn and selfish that those scruffy shops have held up progress. :PDT_Xtremez_12: The front of that station should be transformed into a smart entrance for Lime st station. It should have been done long ago.
PhilipG
01-29-2008, 03:00 PM
I don't care what anyone else thinks about my opinion - but for what it is worth I thought it stubborn and selfish that those scruffy shops have held up progress. :PDT_Xtremez_12: The front of that station should be transformed into a smart entrance for Lime st station. It should have been done long ago.
I never said they weren't selfish, but that's a human trait.
lindylou
01-29-2008, 03:03 PM
I always look at that scruffy block every time I'm on the bus going down to Roe st. I looked at it this morning.
It is disgraceful that those shops are STILL there.
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 03:07 PM
OMG!
Everybody now.
"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE!"
Rodders, there is no Inner Circle here.
Some people agree with some posts, and some don't.
I'm sure you will get over it Philip.
A.D.W
01-29-2008, 03:09 PM
what does the photographers think of these taken by me last Saturday on my camera phone. I thought they looked ok but a bit amateurish.
Seem fine to me.
:PDT11
That was my point exactly.
You don't know and he doesn't know. Your guess should be as good as his. But seniority here takes precedent again.
I'm not part of YoLiverpool's inner circle so i'll just take shut up and watch from the side lines.
Hello Rodders, please read Harry's assumption again.
''Some of your precious Liverpool people are to blame for the Lime Street station debacle.
The owners of the scruffy shops on the concourse did all they could to hold the city to ransom.''
That's a huge assumption. A dig at scousers when it's not known they are. 'Hold the city to ransom' when it's not known they did, that could be libelous in fact.
There is no 'senior' precedent here or inner circle, my opinion is no better than yours but knowing the area concerned I was reckoning on one assumption being nearer the mark than the other that's all.
lindylou
01-29-2008, 03:18 PM
I had to delete my last post as I got mixed up there with Harry & Rodders :D
I'm coming down with a cold I think, and my head is muzzy !! That's my excuse for making mistakes :unibrow:
yes Ged, it could well be a dig at Scousers. :nod:
If I was in charge tho' - I'd have swept those shops away long ago !! :ninja:
it's terrible that progress is halted.
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 03:26 PM
I don't want yet another thread on this usually fine web site getting hijacked by another petty squabble.
I maybe over reacted to a small issue but it seems to me to happen all to often. I only brought it up because i felt one member's assumption was being trashed by 2 others assumptions with nobody having any evidence. I realize that thats the whole point of this forum and free speech but i guess it just riled me.
That's ok Rodders, keep posting, it's all just opinions and we're all opnionated. Harry also said 'Some of your precious Liverpool people' indicating he's not scouse himself and it's like we've only ourselves to blame. I can't do much about 2 shop owners wanting a fair deal anyway can I - or you (if that's what the delay was about and not just greed)
lindylou
01-29-2008, 03:43 PM
Yes, in the post I'd deleted I was going to say how ''we fight like hell on
here sometimes, :unibrow: ha,ha, and even members who normally never
have a cross word, will agree to disagree form time to time. :)
Things get all out of proportion sometimes.
Another view of the row from outside the entrance to the Holiday Inn.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4112/limestrowfrgroundwa5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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lindylou
01-29-2008, 03:50 PM
Those shops do look awful don't they. Talk about a blot on the landscape :(
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 04:02 PM
I'm not a Scouser either but until recently i lived and worked in liverpool for 14 years (still work there for now)
I agree that the site is an eyesore. The council have been blocking a rival tower development on the car park site between the spar and old las vegas casino because they have a vested interest in this development and want to get in there first.
That's interesting Rodders. Who owns the land and how do you know this snippet?
RoddersUK
01-29-2008, 04:24 PM
I'm not sure of the client but i know the architects have had an outline planning application approval but the council is trying to go back on this.
They want floors knocking off it so i cannot be seem over the top of theirs and they were wanting materials changing. I was led to believe the existing tower redevelopment was a joint venture between the council and owner.
Edit. I think this is it. Application number 05F/3033 or this one 05F/0294
I may be wrong about outline permission being granted. I'll check.
lindylou
01-29-2008, 05:05 PM
I don't care what anyone else thinks about my opinion - but for what it is worth I thought it stubborn and selfish that those scruffy shops have held up progress. :PDT_Xtremez_12: The front of that station should be transformed into a smart entrance for Lime st station. It should have been done long ago.
I'm just re wording that 'cos it came across sounding a bit arrogant :noid:
what I mean to say is; whether I am right or wrong - I wouldn't care, and I would still sweep those shops away no matter what anyone wants - I would bin them. :D
Hope that makes more sense :)
let's just get rid of the d amn things.
kenotoole123@msn.com
01-29-2008, 05:37 PM
I think they look nice....:unibrow:
lindylou
01-29-2008, 05:39 PM
:D :unibrow:
skgogosfan
02-02-2008, 03:49 PM
Shouldn't be long now-all the shops are closed. Bohm's books closed on the 26th according to a notice in the window [I think he's off to the former Brown's jeweller's shop on London Rd],Ladbroke's have closed,and the cafe on the corner was shuttered up when I went past. Although he could just have been shut,it was unusual in the daytime,so perhaps he's gone too.
Dave.
Harry
02-08-2008, 12:58 PM
I am a scouser. I know that some of the shops were owned by Liverpool people.
We can't have it both ways, wanting to see urban process for the people of the city on one hand and then neglecting to criticise those holding it up.
If the council owned these properties and had destroyed multi-million pound schemes for selfish reasons, they would get hammered.
Being from Liverpool does not exempt anyone from criticism on this forum.
PhilipG
02-08-2008, 01:28 PM
I am a scouser. I know that some of the shops were owned by Liverpool people.
We can't have it both ways, wanting to see urban process for the people of the city on one hand and then neglecting to criticise those holding it up.
If the council owned these properties and had destroyed multi-million pound schemes for selfish reasons, they would get hammered.
Being from Liverpool does not exempt anyone from criticism on this forum.
Here we go again!
Why assume the shopkeepers were Scousers?
Anybody who'd been into those two shops would know why I'm quite sure they weren't all Local, or do I run the risk of being called a racist?
But that isn't the point.
Whatever nationality we are we have the right to look after our own interests.
Harry, the leather shop was run by Pakistani guys.
Not sure on Bohm's but it don't sound scouse to me.
When protecting your interests (assuming you're not being greedy and are offered the going rate and not an Edge Lane scenario), then that is no problem.
DaisyChains
02-08-2008, 09:16 PM
Lime Street Area
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/Carrie132/Liverpool/28122007086.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2268370089_61387e7f0d_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2268370089_61387e7f0d_o.jpg)
Work to start within 8 weeks on the demolition of concourse house and the row of shops fronting Lime st station.
More here:
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=lime-street-s-concourse-house-is-finally-to-go%26method=full%26objectid=20529453%26siteid=5006 1-name_page.html
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PhilipG
03-09-2008, 11:07 AM
Or is this another 'Art Exhibit' for COC?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2311949163_a5c31443c7_o.jpg
Believe it or not, yes! It was done a few years ago with the west derby road subway in Tue Brook.
quincyg
03-09-2008, 04:29 PM
good grief, whatever next. I saw it yesterday and thought it was just to stop the subway being used.
should be interesting to see where it ends up if the gale force winds hit!
John(Zappa)
03-09-2008, 07:46 PM
Work to start within 8 weeks on the demolition of concourse house and the row of shops fronting Lime st station.
More here:
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=lime-street-s-concourse-house-is-finally-to-go%26method=full%26objectid=20529453%26siteid=5006 1-name_page.html
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About time too.:handclap:
Concourse House Again:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/2392265137_282e8a687e_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/2392265137_282e8a687e_o.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2401114981_dd4b82cf93_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2401114981_dd4b82cf93_o.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2401114763_157f898b51_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2401114763_157f898b51_o.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2401114425_105ef704e0_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2401114425_105ef704e0_o.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2401943312_2aaeb4bc0d_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2401943312_2aaeb4bc0d_o.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2401944268_32db526a53_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2401944268_32db526a53_o.jpg)
A CAMPAIGN to save Concourse House (one of Liverpool’s most hated buildings) has been launched by a group of architects and urban designers. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/21/campaign-launched-to-save-liverpool-eyesore-64375-20793244/)
drone_pilot
04-21-2008, 09:18 AM
A CAMPAIGN to save Concourse House (one of Liverpool’s most hated buildings) has been launched by a group of architects and urban designers. Read (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/21/campaign-launched-to-save-liverpool-eyesore-64375-20793244/)
What the hell for, it's an eyesore, and needs pulling down soon.
John(Zappa)
04-21-2008, 10:16 AM
What the hell for, it's an eyesore, and needs pulling down soon.
I agree,it has always looked a bit scruffy around there with them tatty shops.
lindylou
04-21-2008, 10:20 AM
It's an eyesore. Demolition can't come soon enough for me.
PhilipG
04-21-2008, 10:24 AM
The original decision to demolish it was to replace it with a taller building.
Now that isn't going to happen I agree with this quote:
"Now that they are not going to proceed with a new, taller tower, surely it makes most sense to retain the current Concourse House, re-clad it and maybe add some extra storeys."
As the article said, it could be made to look new.
lenka
06-07-2008, 12:41 PM
i love liverpool
lenka
06-07-2008, 12:59 PM
______________________________________________
Nice first couple of pictures lenka.
£50m hotel to be built next to Lime Street Station
A 17-STOREY, £50m hotel complex will be built next to Lime Street station.
Approval for the plans was granted by Liverpool councillors yesterday.
It will include a luxury 4-star, 209-room hotel joined to a 195-room 2/3-star hotel.
The complex will be run by Clarion and will be only their second in the UK – the hotel-iers are currently building their first in London.
The Limerick-based Chieftain group own the land, on the corner of Skelhorne Street and Bolton Street, and will also build the property.
Sean O’Sullivan, chief operating officer of the Chieftain Group, said his company chose Liverpool because there were opportunities here other cities no longer offer.
He said: “We felt Manchester was cooked, but Liverpool still has opportunities and still has demand for hotels. Clarion have a quality operation that they are rolling out across the UK and Europe.”
The building will be v-shaped with the apex at the junction of the two roads. The 4-star hotel will have its entrance on Skelhorne Street, with the 2/3-star hotel exiting on Bolton Street.
Mr Sullivan said he hoped work would start by the end of the year and that the hotels would be finished by 2010.
It is the company’s first construction project in Liverpool.
They bought the site three years ago and permission was granted for a 151-room hotel and 88 apartments in February, 2007. Mr Sullivan said this plan never got under way because of fears about the housing market.
PhilipG
07-09-2008, 05:02 PM
First day of operation.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2652394171_19d385d0b1_o.jpg
quincyg
07-09-2008, 10:44 PM
was there someone underneath with a laptop thinking it's a WIFI zone?!
only for the fact I know you don't use photoshop, it looks like one of those jokey pics on the internet. I'm sure the police will be moving the crowd of bystander (in the singular) on.
I was hoping for more Piccadilly Circus than Billy Smarts Circus!
John(Zappa)
08-26-2008, 12:51 PM
was there someone underneath with a laptop thinking it's a WIFI zone?!
I was hoping for more Piccadilly Circus than Billy Smarts Circus!
Well said Quincy:handclap:
Cadfael
08-26-2008, 06:39 PM
Go past that white elephant every day - when it's actually working, it shows 3 adverts. WOW. Why couldn't they have put it further down on Roe Street so people waiting for the bus could at least have something to look at!
lindylou
08-26-2008, 09:18 PM
It wasn't working went I went past it a few days ago.
Cadfael
08-26-2008, 09:26 PM
First day of operation.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2652394171_19d385d0b1_o.jpg
Oh for the password to the PC that projects everything on to the screen :PDT10
quincyg
08-29-2008, 12:08 AM
screen was working today, although not as exciting as watching the firefighters on the plateau.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture2469.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture2449.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture2451.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture2452.jpg
the shops in front of the station are slowly being demolished
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging5fuji/Picture2481.jpg
PhilipG
09-12-2008, 08:18 PM
Wednesday.
What was he doing?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2848345779_708a4947b2_o.jpg
quincyg
09-12-2008, 08:35 PM
he may have been putting up the rest of the sign on the station.
the one where it says Big things happen.:unibrow:
there's a new bit underneath that now mentioning the North West.
rather him than me though!:eek:
I've got a pic somewhere of the top half before it was finished
here we go
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture2697.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture2698.jpg
PhilipG
09-12-2008, 08:48 PM
:handclap::handclap: qg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2849177782_4c3daf547e_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2848345051_88dfd0ce46_o.jpg
Mark R
09-12-2008, 09:16 PM
Great photos Philip & quincy :handclap:
skgogosfan
11-12-2008, 09:24 PM
I have to laugh at that underwhelming banner on the station. "The Northwest",how generically vague. Of course big things will happen there,it's a quarter of the country lol. Why they put Liver birds next to such a bland statement I don't know,if they had said "Liverpool" instead it would have made sense. More importantly,when is Concourse House being blown up? ;)
Dave.
marky
11-12-2008, 10:27 PM
There's something being constructed next to Concourse House. So far it's just a pile of steelwork, waiting to be filled with concrete. The only thing I can think of, is a concrete base for a tower crane?
16th November 08
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/3035900050_20455922cd_o.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/3035900050_20455922cd_o.jpg)
gregs dad
11-25-2008, 07:15 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/3058729477_dc8c10d9dc_o.jpg
Concouse House demolition, If I had to walk up there at the start of a shift it would be over by the time I reached the top
quincyg
11-27-2008, 12:13 AM
never did rubble look so good. Looking forward to seeing the front of the station in all it's glory...has a name been chosen for the plaza yet? I vaguely remember the council saying they wanted summat to do with Liverpool, but heard no more
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging6fuji/Picture1449.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging6fuji/Picture1440.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging6fuji/Picture1442.jpg
Paddy
11-27-2008, 09:44 AM
I spent many a happy hour playing on the roof of Lime Street.:)
gregs dad
01-23-2009, 11:40 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3217865037_96f518bff9_o.jpg
Lime Street taken from Str Georges plateau with a 6 x zoom.
quincyg
06-11-2009, 08:14 PM
new Virgin trains customer reception. passenger lounge/waiting rooms run along platform 7.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging7fuji/Picture477.jpg
gregs dad
05-12-2011, 07:54 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/5713694964_7083c36b17.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/5713694964/)
Lime street in the rain
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/5713133699_23bd136732.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/5713133699/)
Queen Square in the rain
gregs dad
09-11-2011, 08:18 PM
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6136406769_67d374655f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/6136406769/)
old liverpool street (http://www.flickr.com/photos/exacta2a/6136406769/) by exacta2a (http://www.flickr.com/people/exacta2a/), on Flickr
Lime Street in a "Lowry" painting mood
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