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    seems to be coming along all of a sudden doesn't it?

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    Crackin' building.

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    As much as I am in favor of the new museum I do have concerns over the 'wedges'. My opinion on this development has varied alot since the plans where originally shown, but after walking around the Pier Head area today I think they could be one of the biggest mistakes this city has ever made.
    We will lose one of the most impressive views of the three graces which will only be viewable from the front or rear. Currently, they have such dominance and prowess, so to build three quite ugly buildings right in front of them seems wrong and saddens me.
    Personally I think that area should simply be landscaped with seating and some sort of central feature like a fountain of statue, but I suppose it's too late now.
    There seems to be a policy with this council of building on every piece of land we have but in this case I think it could scar our waterfront forever. If you couple this with the planned five star hotel next to the Liver Building, it seems that the Graces are going to be sandwiched between numerous buildings and in turn could lose their elegance and prowess on the skyline of Liverpool and become barely noticable.

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    I was disappointed yesterday to see the new ferry building almost complete obliterates the view of the Cunard building.

    I'm sure a long low level building would have been better.
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    Some people seem to think that our waterfront is only seen from head on, but in actual fact more people see it from the back or side on. Very few people (visitors and residents) see it as you see it on the t.v.
    As you point out, the new ferry terminal is yet another building that obscures the graces. Too much building in too small a space. I suppose we will have to wait till it's all finished before we can make a decision on how it looks but the outlook isn't good.

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    Isn't that the new ferry terminal in the centre of this photo?
    Seems very small to me, and it can't be positioned anywhere else.


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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipG View Post
    Isn't that the new ferry terminal in the centre of this photo?
    Seems very small to me, and it can't be positioned anywhere else.

    That's the new museum, if you mean the building with the red girders, or have you put the wrong photo up?

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    Museum takes rebirth of Liverpool to a new level
    Jun 28 2008
    by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

    ANOTHER milestone... another great moment in the resurgence of our city.

    The stunning waterfront Museum of Liverpool has taken a step nearer towards completion.

    Contractors have finished the steel structure of the X-shaped site, which is due to open to the public in 2010.

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    Not open till 2010!

    How long does it take to complete a small building like that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samp View Post
    That's the new museum, if you mean the building with the red girders, or have you put the wrong photo up?
    No, not the wrong photo!
    I said the centre of the photo.
    The ferry terminal building.
    Rather proves my point that it's not very big.

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    Architect brings Mann Island waterside ‘wedges’ vision to life
    Jul 1 2008
    by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post



    AN IMPRESSIVE new model revealing the plans for one of Liverpool’s emerging waterfront sites was unveiled yesterday as the centrepiece of a major exhibition.

    The Making of Mann Island, which opened at the Renew Rooms, in Wood Street, yesterday, explains how the controversial three granite “wedges” development has evolved in Liverpool’s World Heritage site.

    The four-week exhibition will give the public a chance to see what the completed scheme will look like and understand more about how Liverpool-trained lead architect, Matt Brook and his team set about designing the development between the famed Three Graces and the Grade I-Listed Albert Dock complex.

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    Hi Kev

    Well it still looks like a shoebox and probably almost as much a distraction from the wonderful Three Graces that make up Liverpool's unique waterfront as the Cloud would have been. Wonderful museum it may turn out to be but as architecture???

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    It actually about the size of a football pitch and I think it'll be one of our great buildings one day.

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    Looks like a footy crowd, outside the Pumphouse
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