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    The three graces will always be beautiful and stunning. I don't think anything will take the limelight away from them. They still shine out I'll still love them the best

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    I want the Wigwam now.
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    Fantastic. Re-clad the Sandcastle and what a collection!!!! Fantastic

    We need more height!!!!!
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    Ugly as sin that lot is.

    Forget our history and build glass everywhere? yeah great idea
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    The buildings here are all very different to each other including the church. Re-clad the Sandcastle and what a collection it will be. The Sandcastle has some wonderful shapes to it. It looks different from every angle you view it. Take away the highway (Dock Rd) and make it a narrow service road with wide pavements, put shops, cafes, etc, on the ground floor of the Atlantic Tower Hotel and the Sandcastle and this place will be very appealing.

    ...and the attractive King Edward's Tower is yet to be built here, which adds even more value.

    Draw life into the dock areas.




    The proposed superb King Edward Tower

    The new King Edward Tower, which has a wonderful unique shape and colouring will enhance the docks/waterfront even more.

    Still a lot of space to put unique and tall buildings.
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    how it once was?


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    I think it looks great !

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    Forget our history and build glass everywhere?
    Our history is one of innovation. Liverpool was made into a great city because it was unafraid to experiment, modernise and advance. The number of firsts in the city is phenomenal. The world's first

    • Steel framed glass curtain walled building
    • Air conditioned building
    • Passenger railway
    • Commercial enclosed dock
    • Electric elevated railway
    • Large scale ferro concrete building
    • Iron framed buildings (churches)
    • Interconnected enclosed dock system
    • First radio broadcasts
    • etc

    If there is no change the city declines.
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    Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
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    Looks stupid. Have they no better ideas?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post


    The buildings here are all very different to each other including the church. Re-clad the Sandcastle and what a collection it will be. The Sandcastle has some wonderful shapes to it. It looks different from every angle you view it. Take away the highway (Dock Rd) and make it a narrow service road with wide pavements, put shops, cafes, etc, on the ground floor of the Atlantic Tower Hotel and the Sandcastle and this place will be very appealing.

    ...and the attractive King Edward's Tower is yet to be built here, which even more value.

    Draw the life into the docks areas.




    The proposed superb King Edward Tower

    The new King Edward Tower, which has a wonderful unique shape and colouring will enhance the docks/waterfront even more.

    Still a lot of space to put unique and tall buildings.
    Needs a better design, looks like a pc tower!

    Gididi Gididi Goo.

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    LA Skyline, would any of these suit Liverpool?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max View Post


    LA Skyline, would any of these suit Liverpool?
    I a can think of a few.


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    I have just arrived back from a day visit to London, in an office overlooking the 'Gurkin'. That has a love/hate reaction, but at least it is instantly recognisable. I'm all for innovation, but it has to be unique and not just another skyscapper that when looked at in isolation could be from any city in the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gardens View Post
    I have just arrived back from a day visit to London, in an office overlooking the 'Gurkin'. That has a love/hate reaction, but at least it is instantly recognisable. I'm all for innovation, but it has to be unique and not just another skyscapper that when looked at in isolation could be from any city in the world.
    The waterfront pretty well has that except for Beetham 1. We could have had the Brunswick Quay Tower, which again is distinctive. The new King Edward Tower is again distinctive. The Gurkin is superb. A highly distinctive superb looking building.


    The Gherkin

    We need something like this:


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    tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gardens View Post
    I have just arrived back from a day visit to London, in an office overlooking the 'Gurkin'. That has a love/hate reaction, but at least it is instantly recognisable. I'm all for innovation, but it has to be unique and not just another skyscapper that when looked at in isolation could be from any city in the world.
    That's why we should have had the Cloud.

    I'm pretty much pleased with what we have got and what we will be getting. The Cloud would have been good. I'm still not quite in love with the new museum building. It's the shape I'm not keen on. I said a long time ago when we were first discussing it that it looks more like a multi cinema complex to me. But I wouldn't dismiss it and do try to be optimistic. I always look for the best things about it and try to see it's attributes.

    I just love all the high glass buildings though.

    I love modernism as much as I love old.

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    I hate glass, its ugly.
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