Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by christy
It'll have 14 screens and will occupy the upper 2 floors.
Can't remember exactly what the rest of the building will contain.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by christy
It'll have 14 screens and will occupy the upper 2 floors.
Can't remember exactly what the rest of the building will contain.
Grosvenor’s race against time to deliver its flagship Liverpool One shopping centre in time for mid-2008 has cost the company millions of pounds and sent the total cost to £1bn.
The developer has agreed to bankroll the deficit to the tune of £140m, £50m more than predicted by the company’s analysts just six months ago.
Grosvenor’s outgoing chairman, the Duke of Westminster, yesterday described the need to pour millions of pounds into the Paradise Street as “disappointing”.
But he said in the annual report that using the company’s own resources as a financial lifeline did not detract from his personal pride in the way Grosvenor had met the challenge of regenerating Liverpool. more
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Here's a picture of how the Stanley Building will look when it's finished.
http://www.liverpool-one.com/NR/rdon...cebrochure.pdf
Looking good!
I had to explain to someone in work whats going on with the Stanley Building - he thought the scaffolding holding it all up was the frame for a new building, and the existing wall would be some sort of feature inside it :rolleyes:
Imaginative at least
Here's how the new entrance linking Church Street into the Paradise Project will look,I can't wait to see this when it's finished.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7...darcadegt0.jpg
^ Whenever I see a render of how buildings are going to look I often look for grannies and black people...sure enough, that render doesn't contain any. (no offence intended it's just something I notice nearly all the time).
Point taken, Marky.
For a render, it looks just like a great photograph!
If the stonework doesn't get cleaned, the reality won't look anywhere near as good.
'Churchyard Arcade'?
Why not 'Woollie's Walk'?
I used to use that as a short-cut when it was Woolies, to get to School Lane. There are probably better names connected with the church, rather than just boring Church Yard. There looks to be more windows than I remember...unless it's just I've never seen them all lit up at once.
No, those windows are all there already, it's just that they're not lit up and some are covered with blinds (see attachment).Quote:
Originally Posted by marky
I wondered what exactly was going on in the old HMV building-it's going to look quite impressive when finished. Is there a basement to the HMV part of it,as the buildings each side have one and it seems odd that HMV never used it as far as I know.
Dave.
The 3 anchor stores for this development are John Lewis, Debenhams as we know and Rackhams (House of Fraser) which I've just learnt about.
It's possible that the Top Shop basement goes under HMV as well. It seems bigger than the ground floor.Quote:
Originally Posted by skgogosfan
Whats happening to those old church street buildings since HMV closed theirs to move to Bold Street?
They're building an arcade of upmarket shops that leads you into the new development behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max
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The three storey building, which will contain a speciality department store and restaurant, is designed with a series of stepped terraces, that respect the setting of Bluecoat Chambers and the two Grade II listed warehouses on the site. An intimate garden courtyard and laneway between the warehouses and the new building create a pedestrian link through the block. A series of roof lanterns illuminate the second floor restaurant and provide high level detail to the Hanover Street facade. Production design of the project is now progressing and construction is underway.
http://www.haworthtompkins.com/
I know they've left the hole in the glazed part for the bridge across to the car park, but I can't figure out why they've not done the end wall of the "terracotta" bit yet - the rest of the exterior looks finished.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
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Originally Posted by Paul D
I do not believe it is going to be called 'Church Yard'.
Who in the name of The Almighty thought that one up ?
Phredd
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South John Street
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Paradise Place
It's hard to imagine from Kevs pictures that all of that will become something like this.
I don't think it was the big guy himself. But, what's the problem?Quote:
Originally Posted by phredd
It's on the site of old St Peter's church yard. It's a good name.
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/..._Liverpool.jpg
Why not St. Peter's arcade then or something a bit more exotic than yard?
Squirell
I know it is on the site of St Peters Church.
As Ged says. What is so wrong in calling it St Peters Arcade/Mal/Precinct:- anything than yard.
Will the next one be called 'The Back Entry' ?
The person that thought of 'yard' gets £65000 + pa for drivel.
Phredd
Sorry, :PDT_Aliboronz_11: I have to agree with Squirrel here.
I like the name Church Yard.
It reminds me of 'Neals Yard Covent Gdn.
It doesn't remind me at all of yards as in back entries ! :)
I think it sounds good.
Arcade - no - sounds too much like something you would find in Llandudno or Southport.
Mall - definately no, no, no ! :) ( too common !!) :)
I still like 'Woolie's Walk', but I suppoe that's advertising (and a little too common perhaps for The Paradise Project!).
Seriously, I think it should be called 'Bluecoat' something-or-other.
It's going to lead to the Bluecoat, and 'Bluecoat' has never been used to name a street.
Good shout.
Bluecoat way or Bluecoat View.
I like Bluecoat View, but seeing as it's going to be an arcade, why not Bluecoat Arcade?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
I'll go along with 'Bluecoat Arcade' or 'Way'. It has an educated ring about it.:handclap:
Phredd
Phredd, It called Church Yard, because it's on the site of a bleedin' church yard; not the church but its grave yard.
I can't think of a reason to name a new street any better than that it alludes to the history of its location. Church Arcade, etc., wouldn't do this so much, perhaps only giving the impression that the name came from the street off which it runs. Now, you and I know that Church Street gets its name from the demolished St Peter's, but how many others know this? In addition to this new street name. an information plaque along this new side street explaining the history of the site also would be great.
For this reason, St Peter's Church Yard, although a mouthful, would have been even better a name for this alley.
For once, this is an occasion when the a name is quite clearly not a consultant's 65k-a-year, or whatever, bull**** creation but a sensible and appropriate name for a new street that is rooted in the history and heritage of its location. Go around old towns and cities around the country and you'll find the squares and streets adjacent to old churches named Church Yard, Old Church Yard, etc., often when the church is long demolished.
In Liverpool, we have St James' Mount, Old Church Yard around St Nicks, and so on. The old square around St Peter's would probably be called Church Yard. So it's not even a new name, it's a revival of the old name for this site.
Now, Bluecoat Cloisters or whatever is being suggested above, that sounds like PR agency tripe if I ever heard it. Pretentious, inaccurate and inappropriate - the Bluecoat Chambers complete the view down Church Alley not this new street.
When you're walking through Church Yard in 18 months time, reflect for a moment that you're in the grave yard of one of Liverpool's lost churches, and our cathedral for a period - there are previous generations beneath you, history is all around.
I know I will.
Bluecoat Bazaar:PDT_Piratz_26:
St Peter's Arcade or simply St Peter's?
It goes through the site of the church, not just the yard.
What is a church yard?
God only knows!
Besides, Church Street and Church Alley are named after the church, and there is a brass cross in the pavement, and the Cross Keys of St Peter are on the building.
The clues are there, so to speak.
I suggested Bluecoat because it's about time something besides Bluecoat Chambers had the name.
And Squirrel, who, apart from you, suggested Bluecoat Cloisters?
It's rather amusing that somebody who wants it named after the church puts their case forward so aggressively.
Hello Phillip, are you really asking what a churchyard is?Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
In the last couple of weeks, some of the "bridges" across the street have been put in place, and just a few days ago, a section of "canopy". Although I can only see it from a distance, it's finally starting to resemble the plans :PDT11Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul D
If you go to the top of South John St (Lord St/North John St junction) you can see part of the new canopy down past Debenhams.
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1...reetwebaa1.jpg
I can't remember if this has been put up before? it's of South John Street,it's going to be totally unrecognisable I can't wait.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Looking at the drop from those walkways, the World Museum must be breathing a sigh of relief that jumpers will be going elsewhere to satisfy their urges.
It's certainly moved on from the days when it was a tatty bit of wasteland behind the Moat House, that sometimes had a fairground on it. Oh the good old days :unibrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul D
As its being built up the mass of the project is now becoming evident. The Mathew Street end area is coming along nicely, can't wait till its finished.
Down by the old Rapid is taking off too.
Exciting times....
Ahh,interesting. I never thought it might be that way. I've never been to Top Shop's basement,so I'll check it out...Quote:
Originally Posted by ayjaykay
Dave.
Pics from site visit on 5 April............Quote:
Originally Posted by iain
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Part of canopy laid out awaiting assembley on the right of pic.