The council planners of Liverpool and Merseyside have got it right so far as far as I'm concerned.
If you look from across the water, you'll notice that the high rise buildings in Liverpool are all to the left - in the 'Business' area. There is still plenty of space in this area for further development (Such as Vauxhall), which is something which in future years will be bought up and regenerated. In this area, it wouldn't be surprising to see more 40 story + 'Skyscrapers' being built. Most planning permissions for such buildings generally fall to the North (Left) and South (Far right) of the city skyline (So far un-tapped). In the main hub of Liverpool, the areas where the people of Liverpool and toursits reside, you'll notice the regeneration of the older Edwardian buildings. This is generally lower level buildings which maintain the historical values of our city.
As a photographer I have been asked to undertake many photography assignments, taking images of Liverpool and Merseyside from across the water. In doing this, I have noticed how the city planners have envisioned Liverpool not only from a 'Perfect' photograph perspective, but also for those living and working within our community. When driving down the 'Strand', you'll notice high rise buildings everywhere. But driving passed these, you'll notice historical buildings, fading into low rise modern buildings such as the Echo Arena.
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Buildings built 30 or 40 years ago, such as the 'Tower restaurant', now the 'City Tower', compliment our skyline and this slight miss mash of buildings only help in making our skyline individual and unique.... In a good way.
I was always a great advocate of the 'Fourth Grace' - the brain like building that never happened. This building would have given our skyline a major identity and a good one at that... Individual to us and something that would have given our skyline an almost 'World class' perspective to the world. As far as I'm concerned it was an opportunity missed.
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