The tower is still going up as far as I know. That proposal above certainly fits in well with the surrounding buildings, like the missing jigsaw piece.
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The tower is still going up as far as I know. That proposal above certainly fits in well with the surrounding buildings, like the missing jigsaw piece.
Why have those advertising covers been taken off already? I wonder if it is going to be demolished sooner than expected? Does anyone know?:)
They were taken down because they were deeemed unsafe when we had the high winds a few weeks backQuote:
Originally Posted by AK1
Was wandering around St Georges Hall exterior a week or so ago and noticed that there was a big circle missing from one of the lions backs...
i wonder why?
Mange? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MissInformed
Perhaps it was damaged by being caged for the Biennial?
heheQuote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
i think the 'hole' looks quite old and eroded. But it is a perfect circle. It hasn't been done by accident
Lime street needs a strategy. I notice there is still no action on the tatty shops in front of the station. For god's sake get on with it.
Those lions need cleaning like St Georges Hall. They've been like that for years. Wellingtons column could do with cleaning too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MissInformed
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Originally Posted by AK1
They could do with tearing down the old TGWU building. In fact the area adjacent to Lime Street, London Road lets it down badly.
Although at long last London Road is on the up (well, the top end anyway). This is more than can be said for Lime Stree south of the old ABC cinema - now that is a disgrace. It should be one of the city's best streets - one end St Lukes and the other St Georges Hall. What a waste. Typical Liverpool!
Yep, agreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
Typical Liverpool what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
St Lukes.....The Top End of London Road ??.....I don't think so:shock:
Neither was Jericho. He meant the Lime St/Renshaw St end.Quote:
Originally Posted by kenotoole123@msn.com
Sorry, that was a bit obscure of me. I meant the ability of the city to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear. Standing opposite the ABC you can see St George's Hall, along Lime Street proper you can see what used to be the Futurist, the tower of the Vines, the Adelphi (OK, no longer Lime Street but part of the potential St Georges - St Lukes vista that could give Hope Street a run for its money), Epstein's statue and further along, Central Hall and the Rapid 'towerette'! before St Lukes itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
Anywhere else this would be a top class boulevard.
Does anyone know why St Georges Hall isn't fully lit anymore? It looks fantastic when it is, but every time I see it at night recently, it only has a few lights on.
NEW plans for a £35m hotel complex behind Liverpool’s Lime Street station were being unveiled today.
Irish developer Chieftain, which lost a long-running battle to build a skyscraper on the same site last summer, is behind the proposals.
The firm’s previous scheme involved a 32-floor tower, containing a five-star hotel and around 80 apartments, to be built on a car park off Skelhorne Street.
That plan was rejected by Liverpool council and the government, so Chieftain has drawn up a more modest proposal.
It now wants to construct a 14-storey complex featuring a three or four-star, 150-bedroom hotel and about 90 flats. continues....
Brilliant pics Gerard, ta mate:handclap:
Don't know why, but this one really catches my eye.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...g/DSC01542.jpg
Gerard, thanks mate. It makes a cracking B+W vignette:PDT11
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/gerard.jpg
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Originally Posted by scouserdave
Eh I like that Dave. :handclap:
Great to see the lions finally being cleaned. Are the statues going to be cleaned aswell?:)
For Art, Law and Counsel
Artibvs legibvs consillis
REWRITTEN plans for a tower behind Liverpool’s Lime Street station are finally due for approval.
Irish developer Chieftain failed last year with proposals for a dazzling glass tower housing the city’s first five-star hotel.
But it has returned with a slightly different project, this time including a 151-bedroom hotel and almost 90 flats in two 13 and 12-storey blocks.
Councillors will discuss the plan next Tuesday.
THE long-running saga of a controversial development site alongside Liverpool’s Lime Street station has finally been resolved.
Irish developer Chieftain saw ambitious plans for a skyscraper hit the buffers when it faced opposition from city planners.
Now a revised scheme that will see a stunning 13-storey building on the Skelhorne Street site has been approved by the council’s planning committee.
Councillors backed a recommendation from officers who supported the scaled-down development.
Chieftain will now construct a new landmark building on the sloping site. It will include a 151-bed four-star hotel, 88 apartments and a 39-space basement car park. The area around the building will also be landscaped.
The developers took their previous project to a govern- ment planning appeal, but the Secretary of State dis- missed the appeal, bringing to an end hopes of a 32-storey tower. Liverpool architects Falconer ChesterHall devised a modified scheme for the triangular shaped block.
Council planning manager Nigel Lee said the revised plans overcome concerns about the potential impact of the skyscraper building.
“It will provide an attractive and impressive development at the entrance to the city from Lime Street Station,” said Mr Lee. source
Has there been any recent news about the site of Concourse House?
I wasn't quite sure where to post this so i'll try here. I have noticed recently that alot of the buildings and statues etc in town haven't been lit up. One night last week the chinese arch, st georges hall, the anglican cathedral and st lukes weren't lit up. Does anyone know why? St georges hall in particular hasn't been fully lit for months!
Does anybody know why scaffolding has gone up on the former ABC (Forum) cinema?
I noticed workmen today up at the 08 banner on on the former ABC in Lime Street.
It looked as though they were about to remove it. This could be a signal that work is about to start on the building.
I believe that a well-known footballer had wanted to transform the empty cinema into a sports bar but was refused permission.
I'd love to see it brought back into use.
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Originally Posted by Ross08
The banner was still there this evening.
Scaffolding can also mean demolition.
There are signs on the building saying "Dangerous site".
I think those 'dangerous site' notices can also mean the building contains dangerous materials. Owners don't like to broadcast that information, though.
Asbestos was mentioned on page 4 of this ABC thread:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/...ead.php?t=4651
Get down there phil, with your camera...mobile phone masts are to be erected. The following is from the Liverpool City Councils' Planning Applications site:
07L/0232 Current Status Decided
Site Address The ABC Cinema, corner of Elliot Street & Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 Applicant Vodafone Ltd
Applicant Address Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN
Proposal To erect flagpole to the front to house antennas, 2 face mounted antennas to west elevation, 2 antennas to south east elevation and a further pole mounted dish antenna to south west of building chimney
Date Notice Posted: 14/3/07
I was wondering about the new scaffolding too-I'd forgotten about that app for phone masts so it's probably that. Certainly not demolition-that would have been an application I'd have noticed!
Dave.
They won't need scaffolding for phone masts.Quote:
Originally Posted by skgogosfan
They just go on to the roof.
The scaffolding means something major - it's right along the entire frontage.
I just hope they get rid of that ugly 08 banner. I took these yesterday...it does seem strange to have scaffolding all the way around. Normally they'd just use a crane and cherry-picker to install phone-masts...unless they're going to be massive ones. Maybe it's a health and safety issue, with all the public down below. Let's hope they give the building a clean while they're up there.
It looks like the scaffolding is going over the banner.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
I'm beginning to get worried.
Maybe it's there as a protection from damage when they demolish that ugly tower next to the station.
One of the reasons for scaffolding going up on a building is to protect passers-by from the demolition of that building, not from a neighbouring building that's being demolished.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone_pilot
The phone masts are the most recent planning application...decided only a couple of weeks ago, so I still think that's what they're doing. Looking at the planning application there are at least half-a-dozen going up, so maybe it's a big job. The time to get worried is if you see dust netting getting placed around the scaffolding.
It's a Listed Building, so I wonder why the phone masts have got permission (which won't see the building being used) and not the application to turn it into a night club, which would have involved putting in more windows.Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
I know they're going to argue that phone masts aren't altering the building, but they'll certainly alter the art-deco look of it.
I still think that all that scaffolding is there for a bigger reason than phone masts.
Personally I would say (and not just quoting you Phil but the list) that all the scaffolding IS there just for the phone masts. I've been working on putting a bell frame in St Barnabus Penny Lane and part of the big hold up was to wait for Orange to put in some phone masts. They covered the entire tower with scaffolding and you'd think that walking past, they were going to demolish it. Within the tower the built a false floor to hold all their gubbins up - so maybe what they are doing does suffice for the amount of metalwork around the building?Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
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I hope you're right, Jona.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jona76
Phone masts are better than demolition, I suppose.
I've been given the email address of the letting agent for the building, so hopefully I'll be told what's happening.
I've just remembered.
The phone masts on the Gaumont near me were put up without scaffolding.