Thanks Paul, I was wondering today when work was to begin :PDT_Piratz_26:
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Thanks Paul, I was wondering today when work was to begin :PDT_Piratz_26:
At least now we know things are about too happen fairly soon.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
well work has finaly started the car park has closed down to so soon we will loose all traces of the old liverppol central station forever :(
DIY retailer Rapid Hardware is considering selling its paint shop on Renshaw Street to the property company behind the Central Village development.
The hardware store, which has struggled in recent years due to the effects of Liverpool’s Big Dig roadworks on trading, is in early stage talks with property group Merepark. Although the price under discussion has not been disclosed, the property, on the corner of Newington Street and Renshaw Street, could be worth millions of pounds.
The post-war concrete and glass store building would be demolished to make way for access to Merepark’s Central Village shops and residential towers scheme. continues.....
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Work will start this year on the revised 25-storey and 20-storey mid-rise buildings, nicknamed Spencer and Hepburn, after film legends Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn – she was the taller of the two. Two nine-storey and one five-storey buildings will sit alongside.
i aint really happy at all about this development we are looseing all traces of old liverpools stations what confusess me is how can they make the view look nice the site is surrounded by old backs off buildings and wallsit looks so scruffy
All the original parts of Central Station went years ago, didn't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
Only the Underground Merseyrail remains.
I'm happy to be corrected because I don't know if there's anything left in that large triangle at the back.
yes its the old station when liverpool central first opened it was all on that land quite a few traces are left i will show the rare hard to see bits on my site soon www.oldliverpoolrailways.tk i took photos
Great for that area. seems so long ago now that i used to seel newspapers with my Uncles outside Central Station, (my Uncles are still selling there today) MY FAMILY HAVE SOLD NEWSPAPERS OUT SIDE CENTRAL STATION SINCE IT WAS FIRST BUILT
wow thats a long time dont sopose any photos where took would of loved to see what the underground was like before the loop line was built also the old booking hall the only old photos of central station seem to be of the outside from main road and train shed on the high level
I'd like to see enormous "muriels" decorating the backs of these buildings. It'd be better than leaving them as they are. I suppose they could use railway themes in this area.
This could be done on boring gable ends of terraced houses as well a la belfast without the bigotry. We have talented graffitti artists in the city (apparently) who would be happy to oblige legally for a change.
THE developers of the £160m Central Village scheme in Liverpool city centre have held discussions with Rapid Hardware about buying their Renshaw Street store.
Rapid is set to move into the John Lewis store in Church Street in 2011, freeing its buildings along Renshaw Street for redevelopment. The company has confirmed it has been in talks with developers working with city centre regeneration company Liverpool Vision regarding the sale of the building.
Rapid’s buildings sit behind the Central Village development site, where building work will soon start on a complex of shops and two residential towers. :handclap:
Earlier this year, Merepark, which is developing Central Village with partner Ballymore, confirmed it was in talks with Rapid about buying the hardware store’s former paint shop further down Renshaw Street next to Lewis’s department store.
A spokeswoman for Merepark confirmed the developer had spoken to the store about the rest of its Renshaw Street properties stretching up to the junction with Berry Street.
The spokeswoman said: “We have had some discussions with Rapid about the Renshaw Street premises.
“Because they’re an adjoining landowner, we have an interest in the site but want to stress nothing final has been agreed. It’s still very much at the discussion stage.”
Construction work on Central Village, which will be built on derelict land behind Central Station between Bold Street and Renshaw Street, will start in November.
Phase one of the project includes two towers, one 25 storeys high and the other 20 storeys high. They will sit alongside two nine-storey and one five-storey buildings.
The 600,000sqft development is expected to create more than 800 jobs.
Merepark has bought other buildings in the area to control the condition of buildings near Central Village.
In April, Merepark confirmed it was in discussions about buying Rapid’s post war concrete and glass paint store building half way down Renshaw Street. The company planned to demolish the building to make way for access to Central Village, but no deal has yet been struck.
John Lewis will move from its historic Church Street premises to a new home in Grosvenor’s Liverpool One development next spring.
Marks & Spencer will then take over the building for two years while its own neighbouring store is refurbished.
Rapid take over the store in 2011 and says its move will create 200 new jobs.
alistairhoughton@dailypost.co.uk
I can't wait until this starts,Imagine the impact on the area it will have.It'll link up the Ropewalks,Paradise Street which will in turn link up the Waterfront perfectly,other Northern cities started regenerating many years ago and now it's our turn to shine.
Construction News reporting that Carillion has landed a £70m first phase of Central Village, this phase includes both towers and a 4star hotel.
Work will start early 2008.:034:
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Fantastic pics and update Woody, cheers matey :PDT11
If rapid are going to Lee's then perhaps rapids old building could be taken by Quiggins if they wanted it? Certainly it will lead to the regeneration of Berry Street and if new restaurants, bars and shops were to open in the old rapid building it would give the area a more distinctive feel than that at present.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
Central Village site ,2007
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January start, so in 2010 it will look like.........
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I think the development looks great and I'm a sucker for water features!:) So lucky to come from a water city aren't I?lol
I hope Rapid's building in Renshaw Street remains.
I like it.
It's got a date of 1902 on it, and was built on the site of St Andrew's Church (which then moved to Aigburth Road).
It willl be a stunning addition to 'town'. I echo PhilG about the Rapid building. That side of town is quite 'tidy' these days.
Just a thought about the start date of the Central village project.
Part of the original deal struck by the developers when they bought the land from Network Rail was that a new depot would be provided elsewhere for railway staff who currently reside behind central station.
The council keep refusing planning permission for every site Network rail and the developers propose, so bugger all will happen in terms of building Central Village until this is resolved. :shock:
LIVERPOOL’S iconic Lewis’s building has been sold.
The building has been sold for an undisclosed fee to north-west developer Merepark.
The new owners have pledged to restore the famous building to its former glory and are expected to submit a planning application for the re-development of the nine storey, 420,000 sq. ft building next month.
The new owners have also stressed the Lewis’s store will continue to trade as usual and its best known features including the Jacob Epstein statue, ‘Liverpool Resurgent’ will be preserved.:PDT11
LIVERPOOL’S iconic Lewis’s department store is to undergo a major £30m refurbishment that will see all nine floors used for retail and leisure.
The Daily Post today reveals initial details of a vision to upgrade the Grade II listed building, as part of plans to redevelop Renshaw Street and the area around Central station. more
Good news that Central Village is getting the go - ahead, but I worry about the effect the overwhelmingly capitalist-and-consumerist-in-character scheme will have on the more bohemian and small scale character of Bold Street, and especially Newington, it would be a shame to see places like Di Scala and Egg Cafes and some of the shops on Newington and Bold Street forced out as the global corporations look to move into the area.
Looks alright... but they are knocking down the Newington Buildings for the sake of a few yuppies and a MacDonald's or something like that. Can they not design it so that the essential bohemian and vibrant character of the area is preserved, this will kill the urban feel of hte placeQuote:
Originally Posted by woody
Dec 26 2007 by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
WORK is finally going to start on a cluster of glass towers behind Liverpool’s Central station – 18 months after the scheme was announced.
Developers hope the £160m Central Village complex will be on site early in the New Year so derelict land behind the former rail interchange that dates back to Victorian times can be brought back to life.
The ambitious scheme was given the go-ahead by city councillors in July 2006, with a pencilled-in start date of early 2007.
But work will now begin on the developments within the next few weeks, the beginning of a two-and-a-half year project to revitalise the Bold Street area of the city centre.
Central Village’s eye-catching feature will be two 25 and 20-storey towers, nicknamed “Tracy and Hepburn” after Hollywood legends Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, containing almost 320 apartments.
They will be joined by two nine-storey and one five-storey blocks containing more flats, offices, shops, bars and a four-star hotel.
There will also be a futuristic shallow waterfall, designed by American architect Martha Schwartz, spanned by a bridge leading into Central Village’s public square.
Developer Merepark today said the first six months of the project would involve work on the foundations, with the first visible signs to passers-by appearing in August.
With one storey a week expected to be erected, more than 400 construction workers will be on site.
Even though Central Village will not be completed until 2010, off-plan sales of one and two-bedroom apartments will start in April and May.
Meanwhile, Merepark is also pushing ahead with its plans for Lewis’s building, which backs on to the Central Village site. The iconic store, which narrowly escaped closure this year, is set to undergo a £30m refurbishment.
Merepark says its decision to buy the Lewis’s building and the neighbouring Watson’s building in November was a key part of its overall vision for the area.
Director Richard Peel said: “They will enable us to deliver a full regeneration programme for Central Village and integrate two very prominent sites into the fabric of the city.
“We are looking forward to a new future for Lewis’s, in which its building will once again play a leading part in the lives of the people of Liverpool.”
nick.coligan@liverpool.com
Looking at the above pics.. looks like a LOT of concrete.. wowie...I do hope, (like you said,) the Bohemian area , and Character of Bold street can continue.. Personally speaking.. I like the small outdoor areas and having a drink in that type atmosphere.. Keeping my fingers crossed for Liverpool.. On the positive side.. lots of jobs for construction workers , and "New" is good too sometimes.. I just like the old architecture myself... so.. lets hope more trees and some park area can be also in the scheme:034:Quote:
Originally Posted by scottieroader
I don't like the names Tracy and Hepburn for the towers - why name the towers after Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn ?? What for ??
... am I leaving myself wide open here for looking stupid ? :neutral: ( I suppose I've missed some vital connection) :rolleyes: :)
.. but what have those 2 filmstars got to do with our central village?
About time too.:)Quote:
But work will now begin on the developments within the next few weeks, the beginning of a two-and-a-half year project to revitalise the Bold Street area of the city centre.
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Originally Posted by lindylou
I think it's something to do with the fact that Spencer Tracey was actually shorter than Ms Hepburn, so they are thought to be a little different. They wanted to give them a "trendy" name so plonked for those two.
Well I wouldn't opt for those names at all. Why would we want some American film stars :rolleyes:
How about...'Little & Large'......well they are British!!!
It's reading between the lines of the rhetoric that goes along with the scheme that worries me 'revitalise the Bold Street area'... now correct me if I'm wrong but if there's one thing Bold Street isn't short of it's vitality. I don't mean you shouldn't build anything new to give it even more vitality, it's the wording. It gives the impression that some big-wig is looking at Bold Street thinking, 'small independent shops ,how twee, we can do much bigger things for this area'. Of course I could be just being paranoid... I hope I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by naked lilac
As for the tower's names... how about Crouch and Arteta?
I agree Lindy.....what does Actors names have to do with two Glass buildings? and Old actors for New buildings?????? Crazy....
I also read a post ~way back.. about the Chinese names of the Dock buildings?
Whats going on ? Need some concerned citizens to go to City Hall and try and get some answers for your deserving city . It seems to be getting overtaken by big money... OUCH...
Filming goes on in the city and they are trying to increase the industry. Makes sense to have buildings named after artistic people rather than a man who made it rich.Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
How about Mike Myers? Now there is an actor!! His Ma and Pa were from Liverpool too. :)
The area being built on is vacant land that was once rail tracks and a station. The main parts is residential blocks that will bring more people to the area. That will re-vitalise the area and give more business to the small cafes, bars, etc around. It will enhance not bring down the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottieroader
Bold St was never Bohemian. It was the most elegant and fashionable shopping street in the city. Nothing was cheap there and all top quality. It may revert back to its old self, probably not as the shopping complexes nearer the docks may take that role, then the Bohemian aspect should be enhanced.
we'd have to think of some Liverpool film stars -- Rex Harrison for instance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
Now Harrison tower sounds quite smart. Myers tower would sound ok too.
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I think you have to be dead to have a tower named after you. But!! Hollywood puts anyones name on the pavement of stars. So, we must not be so parochial.Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
Bold Street is very Bohemian these days though, lots of arty places, cafes and buskers (sadly beggars too) We have enough famous Liverpudlians than having to recruit yanks I would have thought.
The city or country they come from is irrelevant. If you want to name buildings after artistic people then they should be from anywhere. Liverpool was and still is the port for America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Daniel Craig, the new James Bond, is local enough as he was brought up on the Wirral and lived in Liverpool at one time. All the James Bond actors could have a tower named after them.
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Originally Posted by Waterways
Uh.. Waterways... You also have names of famous people in Stars on the promenade in Otterspool I believe.. In fact .. I took some photos of them and hear ,they too, are being restored.. Also, you don't have to be dead to be recognised for your achievements in life...
Lindy.. I think your ideas are worthy... :Smiliz_Kingz_PDT_13