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    Quote Originally Posted by marky View Post
    Here's the plaques from around the Tithebarn St. building. Definitely a connection with the sea...Neptune, fish, ships, Liverbirds and the Coat of Arms.
    Considering the links Liverpool has with shipping, very few buildings have plaques/artwork like these.
    I thought it might have been offices for a shipping line or something of that nature...but I've no idea.
    Joseph Sharples in "Liverpool" says:
    It was built 1928-31 as the College of Commerce by the City Surveyor, Albert D. Jenkins.
    "Corner crowned with a sculpture of Neptune in a ship's prow.
    ...reliefs of shipping by Hooper & Webb."
    Sharples describes the style of the building as "Classical".

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    here is one the public don't get to see much


    The Harold Cohen Library, Ashton Street

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    Default Vernons / Paradox, Aintree.

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    Default Art Deco in Southport.

    London Street.


    Nevill Street.


    Lord Street.
    Former Garrick Theatre (1932).
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    Great stuff Phil.
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    Thank you, Gents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipG View Post
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    Here's one of the reflections site.
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    Default Blackburn Assurance Buildings.

    Taken today.
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    Default Blackburn Assurance Building.

    Having lived in this building and so i've a certain affection for it, I was surprised to find there was so much LRO information and photos of its construction. After its original use, the Liverpool Corporation used it for their architects department before Stanley Racing took it over as its Liverpool headquarters but it's now up for sale again, just this month.

    The Photos below were created by Colonel Stratton Davis - Architect and are courtesy of and located at the LRO (though now out of copyright)

    The finishing touches can be seen getting put to this building in 1934 on the film and photographs showing the Queensway tunnel being opened. Therefore, all in all, it didn't really take that long in being built for a building its size.

    The first 4 photos are described as follows:

    22/7/33 Workmen asphalting the main staircase area
    27/5/33 Manual labour (no, not a Spanish bloke) on the site
    27/5/33 Excavation of the Trueman Street side of the site
    27/5/33 Excavation of the Fontenoy Street side of the site
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    The next 4.

    14/08/33 The steel framework on the Fontenoy Street side of the site
    19/08/33 Reinforcing the building strong room using metal bars
    05/09/33 J. Williams, General Foreman. J. Jones, Joinery Foreman and Wilfred Platt, projects main building contractor of George Platt & sons.
    06/09/33 The sign displayed on the Dale Street side of the site.
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    And the last 4.

    08/09/33 Workmen laying and finishing a truscan system of floors.
    21/09/33 The foundation stone ceromony
    27/09/33 A Heating Engineer welding a connection to a valve box for a heating panel in the ceiling
    02/10/33 Rivetters working on stanchion 47
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    The pics are here.
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    They are a brilliant set of pix Ged, thanks.
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