'Missing piece' from St George's Hall gets first airing

[Kev]

A FULL-SIZE drawing of the ?missing piece? in one of Liverpool?s most iconic buildings is due to go on display later this year.

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[brian daley]

I can remember the "missing piece" vividly , it was like the inlays that one saw on the ancient Greek and Roman temples. It just disappeared,one week it was there and the next it was gone. When I visited St.Georges Hall last year I asked about it and the guides had not got an idea of what had happened to it. It would be great to sse that empty pediment filled once again.
BrianD

[wsteve55]

Fairly recently,
There was a photo,probably in the "Echo", of a full size fibreglass moulding, of the frieze! I thought that would look better than it does now,with nothing,and until a real reproduction(?) can be made! It's sad that Liverpool neglected so much of it's past, but I suppose that's easy to say now!

[Ged]

A tour guide mentioned to me that it had something to do with the slave trade so was politically incorrect and that's why nothing was done with it.

[scouse smurf]

I remember asking a few months ago if anyone had a picture of the original and I noticed the other day I had a photo of my wall with it on !!!

Sorry if it's not too clear and also if there's any copyright problems with me posting it

[wsteve55]

Blurred, but fantastic

[A1ec]

I've always thought that it looked blank without the Frieze and I was disappointed after the refurbishment that it hadn't been replaced.

I had also asked a couple of years ago about whether they were going to replace it but no one knew anything about it back then. Later on during a tour of the Conservation Centre when I saw them working on something similar I asked them as well but they didn't know anything either.

Hopefully this is good news that finally something might be done to replace it.