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Photos from today
My boss left her office, which overlooks Chavasse Park, unlocked tonight so I sneaked in to take some photos!
Access ramps in The Strand - this is what the months of roadworks down there has been for :unibrow:
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Chavasse Park - re-construction of the park is well under way. Welcome back, we missed you!
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Chavasse Park - close-up of the new park
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One Park West - nearing its full height. Glazing is well under way on the side facing The Strand.
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Looking good isn't it :PDT11
Photo-diary of the Paradise Project on Flickr!
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It's gonna' be great :PDT11
thanks for posting the pics.
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Great shots
superb photos ,Iain
Can you post them over at Skyscrapercity, the guys would love to see your handywork.:PDT11
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great pics Iain,good to see whats happening :PDT_Piratz_26:
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WORK has been completed on Liverpool’s third road tunnel, planned to take traffic into the heart of Grosvenor’s £1bn Liverpool One Paradise project.
Contractor Laing O’Rourke announced last night it has achieved another important milestone in Europe’s biggest regeneration scheme by completing structural work on the tunnels and ramps that form the access to the 2,000-space underground park.
For almost a year, traffic diversions have been in place along The Strand, to enable contractors to build the ramps and tunnel.
It will allow motorists to drive directly from The Strand into the newly-created multi-level car park beneath Chavasse Park.
Peter Jones, Laing O’Rourke’s project manager, said: “While it’s much easier to see progress on construction work taking place above the ground, it’s always intriguing to see what happens below ground.
“For the past 12 months, we have been working beneath The Strand and into Chavasse Park to form the access ramps and tunnels that will eventually lead shoppers into the new car park.
“The engineering project has required the team to dig seven metres (almost 23 ft) below the ground and excavate 4,000 cubic metres of soil ,while supporting existing gas and water mains.
“During this time, we had to redirect the flow of traffic along a section of The Strand, and I must say the Merseyside motorists have been very patient.”
As the highways improvements between James Street and Liver Street continue, as part of the road project, motorists will now see the final phases of alterations along The Strand.
Mr Jones added: “When we were creating the tunnels, we had to temporarily divert southbound traffic onto the northbound carriageway.
“Now that the structural work is complete, we can switch the southbound traffic back to its permanent location.
“During this weekend (today and tomorrow), there will be a series of night-time single lane closures so that we can get the carriageway ready for this move. From Monday morning – October 1 – the southbound carriageway won’t be affected by the traffic switch and it will remain in its present location.
“For safety reasons, during the night-time lane closures, we’ll also close the southbound pedestrian footway and divert people to the northbound/ dockside footway between James Street and Liver Street.”
No date has yet been announced for the opening of the new underground car park. It is expected to be next spring when Liverpool One throws opens its doors.
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Kev
Thanks for the pics. They are great. :handclap:
Chavasse Park means a lot to me for reasons I will not go into.
I was opposed to the building on the park to start with but now I have taken a step back it looks like a great project.
It is just a pity, to say the least, the a statue of 'Noel' will not be included in the final outcome.
Phredd (In Arduis Fidelis).
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Thanks, I've just had a look for the cellar pics I took when they first began excavating the site, will post them later :)
[EDIT] Chavasse Park Cellar excavation pictures from 2004, here
Remember when it looked like this?
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Thanks for the pic of the "old" park Kev, I wished I'd taken a few before the works started and in the early days. Especially when they uncovered all the old cellars and things.
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Building Bridges
The footbridge linking the Liver St carpark to the new John Lewis's has arrived...
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That's a bit of a coup that Iain,nice one.:PDT11
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Thanks Paul, they started putting the bridge together on the ground today - it'll be interesting to see how they get it up into position. It's an odd shape - I'll take my camera in again tomorrow and put up another picture.
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That's great Iain thanks.:PDT11
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Project wins award and it’s not even built
Oct 5 2007 by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post
Project wins award and it’s not even built
ONE of the most imposing buildings along Liverpool’s historic waterfront has won a prestige award, more than 15 months before will open.
One Park West, the flagship residential project within Grosvenor’s Liverpool One development, has been awarded an excellence award as the Best Mixed-Use Development in North England and Wales.
It is the first architectural gong for the building, designed by the celebrated architect Cesar Pelli, the man responsible for the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
Overlooking the Strand, One Park West will comprise 326 studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments, offices, a restaurant and café.
The award rewards the developer for overcoming the challenges and issues that are faced when constructing such a building successfully, as part of a huge mixed-use regeneration project.
Meanwhile two of the architects working on Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme are in line tomorrow for a stake in what is the premier architectural award in the UK, the Stirling Prize. It is to be announced live on national television tomorrow on Channel Four.
Six firms of architects are nominated. Two firms, Haworth Tompkins and Glen Howells are working on Liverpool One. Haworth Tompkins are nominated for the new Young Vic Theatre in London and Glenn Howells for the Savill Building in Windsor Great Park.
