Liverpool's waterfront will look like big citys around the world with towers like this.
All It needs Is the Max Molyneux Tower and we'd have a godlike waterfront.
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Liverpool's waterfront will look like big citys around the world with towers like this.
All It needs Is the Max Molyneux Tower and we'd have a godlike waterfront.
Imagine that travelling into the city centre,it's massive,I'm desperate to see this built.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
^^ Great ^^
Very early days yet and the design will probably change but positive news all the same.:celb (23):
The one thing I like most about this tower is the fact that it looks good from all sides. Alot of developers tend to have the good bits facing the river and the backs are just left plain and boring. The original beetham is a typical example. The front and the sides look great, but the back is just concrete and quite ugly. I don't see why they have done this because most people see the buildings on the waterfront from behind as they travel into town.:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:
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Originally Posted by Kev
But the pub’s owners, Richmont Properties, are hoping to strike a deal with the council which would let them keep the building intact while they work on a long-term plan.
They will ask if they could swathe the King Edward in a Capital of Culture banner so it is hidden from view.
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Like they've done with the ABC cinema, and to a lesser degree, the Futurist.
And Williamson Square.
And Concourse House and Radio City Tower until they had to take them down.
Wonderful solution! :disgust:
Its only so they don't have to spend much money on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
I'll be happy to see it gone. I've always hated seeing it on my way into town. Between that and the old Flash Harry's by LJMU, I don't know which was worse. At least they got rid of that one :)
It will be pointless for them to refurbish it when it's going to be demolished eventually anyway, and covering it in a banner is just the easy way out. It would end up being really grotty and wouldn't help with the rodent issue.:disgust:
No Pub sign for me to take a pic of either.:(
I didn't even notice it had gone lol, I wonder when that went missing. Its on this photo from Liverpool Pictorial too, when was that taken ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Max
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/kingedwardL3.jpg
What's the point in a CoC banner? Everyone knows now already...
Eyesore pub on multi million £ site to be razed
ONE of Liverpool’s worst eyesores is finally going to be demolished, the ECHO can reveal.
The owner of the former King Edward pub, on the edge of the city centre, has appointed a firm to tear down the derelict, burned-out building.
It follows a council order which demanded Richmont Properties either refurbish or bulldoze the venue, passed by thousands of motorists every day.
The developer says it is now working “constructively” with Liverpool council and English Heritage to draw up a plan for a landmark building on the site, said to be worth millions of pounds.
The announcement will come as welcome news to city officials, who were worried about what message the King Edward would send out to visitors.
The pub was deemed Liverpool’s 11th worst grotspot in a report last year.
A spokesman for Richmont Properties said: “Responding to the notice to repair or demolish the pub, contractors have been appointed and will soon be commencing demolition works.
“We will endeavour to minimise disruption to businesses and residents as much as possible.”
The King Edward closed about 10 years ago before falling into disrepair. Richmont Properties had originally hoped to swathe the building, at the junction of Great Howard Street and Leeds Street, in a banner while they worked on a long-term plan.
The company has recently submitted a planning application for about 500 apartments, shops and offices on the site.
The spokesman said: “Discussions are moving forward positively with the council to ensure the planned development reaches a satisfactory conclusion for all parties, not least the people of Liverpool, regenerating the location with what will be a world-class scheme.”
About time it's goingQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul D
What are the other grotspots ?
I don't know what was on that list but one of the worst is at the junction of Islington and Moss Street, a row of dereliction with an ugly metal forge shop on the corner. Its on one of the main routes out of the city centre but appears to be invisible to everyone but me.
My pet hate is Heap's rice mill, a rotting pile of ugliness facing the King's Dock and incredibly described as "historic" in a recent Echo article. This is the problem when heritage fanatics hold too much sway in a city, any old pile of crap such as this is celebrated instead of being seen for what it is - a filthy anachronism made of rotting bricks that should have been demolished decades ago. Even more incredibly, they're apparently turning this eyesore into apartments.
Any news on this yet? The owners of the site have a website but it is still under construction.
Demolition of the pub has finally
begun
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html
As of yesterday virtually the entire top floor had gone. No doubt by the end of the week the rest will also be rubble.
Demolition teams really work fast nowadays...there were only a few bricks left on the floor today. A small section of dividing wall between the next property, is all that remains standing.
Here's a pic from the other day...clearing away the King Edward pub debris.
Well done Marky,couldn,t they have carried on with the rest of the rubbish around it? Looking forward to the new tower next, in it,s place
Here's a photo from May 1994.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1331/...13cf75ba_o.jpg
Went in there last year Phil and a few photos were taken, when I find them I will put one of them up, photos, I mean.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
A waste of another fine Liverpool pub, but in the state it was in there was no doubt it had to go.
Nice to see the council finally realising it has to try and save properties, afetr the wanton destruction of the massive houses in Toxteth.
New planning application submitted today, 3 July 07.....
Ref: 07F / 1978
To erect mixed use development comprising, retail, commercial and 418 apartments with car park.:handclap:
Cheers for the update Woody :PDT11 Happy days..... :)
Happy days indeed Kev, they have reduced the number of apartments from 512 down to 418 , but this scheme could still give the city its first 50 storey tower ! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
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Originally Posted by woody
I can't think of a more appropriate site for a scheme of this size, with Princes Dock a stones throw away :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Looking at the towers in close proximity to this site one can expect two very tall structures on the site. I believe Beetham Wast have 168 apartments and that is a 40 story building. KE are calling for a 412 apartment building('s). Do the math.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
These are OLD renders ,but may indicate what we can expect.........
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I believe the accepted definition of a skyscraper is a building 50 floors high or taller. Lets hope this is Liverpool's first skyscraper.
Who gives a sh1t about terminology, let's just build the **** things...
Skyscraper, 5 results on Dictionary.com. None mention how many stories.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skyscraper
Get them built so Snappel has something to climb.:handclap:
I read this definition:
I think 'Harry' is just being a pedant.Quote:
multi-storied building constructed on steel skeleton, combining extraordinary height with ordinary rooms such as would be found in low buildings, the term originated in the United States in the later 1880s after buildings in New York reached ten stories
In case anybody doesn't know, the Royal Liver Building was the tallest office building in Europe until after the Second World War.
It's a pity Liverpool's planners aren't as forward thinking now, as they were 100 years ago.
And the definition of a skyscraper is about the same as the definition of a length of a piece of string.
I've seen a postcard of Manhattan's skyline in about 1907 which mentions skyscrapers.
Many thanks to Gothic at Skyscrapernews, this image was released just past midnight, 54 storeys ..........170M high.......
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OMG!!!!:PDT_Piratz_26::PDT_Piratz_26:
Please let this get the go ahead, please:PDT_Xtremez_42:
A Beautiful piece of architecture
the sort of thing the council has talked about in its layered or tier approach.
its certainly iconic.
Kat