Liverpool One [Paradise Street] Shopping Area [Under Construction]

[Max]

14th October

2006:







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How did you get onto the building grounds?

[Kev]

nhuge huge huge!!!

[Paul D]

Landmark building given go-ahead


PLANS

for a building on the Paradise Street development were passed yesterday by the city council.

Grosvenor wants to create a curved apartment block on

Strand Street, ranging in height from five storeys to 17. (cesar pelli)

The glazed building design went before the planning committee in April, but

was revised after advice from English Heritage.

The tower was originally supposed to be 20 storeys high, but was reduced by three because of concerns

over its impact on the World Heritage Site. Two park side terraces have now also been included.

Grosvenor must start work on the scheme within three

years.

[Paul D]

Grosvenor must start work on the scheme within three years

More bad

journalism there are meant to have everything finished by 2008.

[Paul D]

Liverpool to get its first ever Hilton Hotel




LIVERPOOL is to get its first ever Hilton Hotel, as part of the £920m regeneration of Paradise Street.

The world-famous group this afternoon

confirmed that it is to open a hotel in a new crescent-shaped block in Canning Place, opposite the Albert Dock. The hotel will be managed by Hilton and will

open in 2008, during the city's year as European Capital of Culture.

Howard Friedman, Hilton's Area President for the UK and Ireland said this

afternoon: "This is Hilton's first hotel in Liverpool, one of the UK's fastest growing and dynamic cities.

"The signing of the agreement marks yet

another significant step forward for Hilton's development throughout the UK and Ireland, and we are delighted to be part of Liverpool's exciting

future."

The hotel, which will feature 216 guest rooms over eight floors, ten Hilton Meetings rooms, a ball room, restaurant and a LivingWell Express,

will be part of Liverpool One - one of the biggest mixed use developments in Europe.

The hotel will be situated on the historic site of the world's

first commercial dock, adjacent to an elevated park that overlooks the River Mersey, one of the development's five individually designed retail and leisure

districts.


Grosvenor's Ed Skeates, commented: "Hilton is the perfect brand to act as the full service hotel provider for Liverpool One, and we

are delighted that the development has been chosen as the location for its first hotel in Liverpool City Centre."

More great news for

PSD.

[Kev]

Well,

the rumours of a Hilton confirmed at last!!

[Harry]

Once again, floors knocked off. Nonsense.
I can't see what difference it makes. If you're standing next to a large building, you can't tell if its got

17 or 170 floors.
If you miles away, you can't see the world heritage area anyway so it doesn't matter.
Its just another bullsh*t excuse to hold

Liverpool back and its wearing thin.

[AK1]

Once again, floors

knocked off. Nonsense.
I can't see what difference it makes. If you're standing next to a large building, you can't tell if its got 17 or 170

floors.
If you miles away, you can't see the world heritage area anyway so it doesn't matter.
Its just another bullsh*t excuse to hold Liverpool back

and its wearing thin.

There we go with the negativity again. As you said, it doesn't matter how many floors it has when you are standing next

to it, therefore it doesn't matter that they have taken a few floors off it, does it! You are contradicting yourself!! Plus not all buildings have to be

tall and I don't see how taking 3 floors off a building is holding Liverpool back. Some of the best buildings in the world are less than 20 storeys.

[Paul D]

It's a World class

building by a World class architect it's going to be stunning whatever way you look at it.

[Max]

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huge huge huge!!!

I know I am.

[PhilipG]

It's great to see that part of the city comming together. But correct me if I am wrong, I was

on hanover Street the other day and I am sure I saw them pulling the back of the Bluecoat down. It was the back of a brown brick, georgian type building. I

was stood around the herbert Herbert building but I am unsure as to whether it was the Bluecoat or not?

Yes, you're right.
It

was part of the Bluecoat building that came down.
Most of what was demolished was a block built after the last war, which was destroyed by bombing.


However, it does look like some of the older building has gone, as well.
Interesting, that in a 7-page thread, the Bluecoat is only mentioned once.

[Harry]

AK1.
Yes, it does matter that they've knocked floors off because I won't be standing right next to it and I won't be able to see it from where I live

whereas if it was taller I might.
I want to see a proper city skyline, not that of Slough or Surbiton.
Liverpool is not here just to supply Wirral with

a nice view, the rest of us in the city want one too.
I've every right to be negative with the sh*t that we put up with with regeneration in OUR city.

[Kev]

We lucky to be in the position of being able to discuss issues like this. I

remember growing up with nothin but waste land here and there. We just accepted it all as that was the way it is/was. How far we have come eh?

[scouserdave]

I'm sure this tall building thingy is related to penis envy.
Cracking photie Kev!

[PhilipG]

We lucky to be in the position of being able to discuss issues like this. I remember

growing up with nothin but waste land here and there. We just accepted it all as that was the way it is/was. How far we have come eh?

Here's a reminder.
All it says on the back of this photo is "Seel Street, 1960", so I can't credit the unknown photographer.
But I

can name all the cars, except for the one on the left of the Ford Popular.