Mann Island/ New Liverpool Museum Area

[scouse smurf]

Excellent pics, Howie. The museum still looks a bit of an eyesore though

[A.D.W]

Excellent pics, Howie. The museum still looks a bit of an eyesore though

Ohhhhh I don't know. I wasn't in favour of said buildings but I saw them yesterday and reckon, when complete, they might add a little sizzle to the Pier Head and Mann Island area.

[scouse smurf]

Ohhhhh I don't know. I wasn't in favour of said buildings but I saw them yesterday and reckon, when complete, they might add a little sizzle to the Pier Head and Mann Island area.

I guess it's the same with most things new. It'll grow on me and I'll then defend it when anyone puts it down but at the moment, it just looks so out of place

[lenka]

reflections on the office block

[Ged]

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[Malc-Downing]

guess who ? but where ?



i nearly didn't see them but i was being nosey and saw them spying on me.

[Ged]

It's the Beatles upstairs in the new ferry terminal which will be an offshoot/overspill of the Beatle Museum at the Albert Dock.

[Davec]

This is a shot of Mann Island taken c1900

Does anyone know what the buildings on the right were, at the back end of the coach, and if Nova Scotia was still occupied?

Dave.

[Ged]

I can see St. Georges church which was demolished around that time and the Queen Vic monument was constructed in 1904 in memorial to her after her death in 1901. The overhead's there obviously but that doesn't look like Voss motors on the right

[corky100]

Taken from inside the Terminal....

[goldenface]

I love the new buildings - all of them. They certainly make the area more interesting and I can't wait for them to open.

No doubt they will all have their critics but look at it this way, we have, in one area, eyecatching buildings from 3 different centuries.

19thC Albert Dock
20thC Three Graces
21stC Museum of Liverpool and Mann Island. All contrasting nicely together.

[ChrisGeorge]

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Glad to see the photographs, Corky and Ged.

Ged, your first one makes me wince. It's almost painful to see this architecture. Aaaaaaaargh!

The second one makes me feel restful and reassured. Pity such beautiful architecture, beloved of Merseysiders the world over, has to "live" next to these rather ghastly buildings. Ah well!!!!!!!!!

That's my tuppenny thoughts from over here across the Atlantic, still dreaming of home.

Chris

[naked lilac]

Corky.. Love the 1st picture of the Liver Building with tree.. Very nice indeed..

Ged and Lenka.. nice shots too.. very nice.!!!

I do agree.. I like the old architecture a lot better.

[Cadfael]

When you look at the classic image of the 3 graces and then look at the mess they've done, they should have all been sacked on the spot for ruining our view.





It should never have got past the drawing board.

[corky100]

I think it'll all turn out good. Some folk I spoke to at the time were really impressed with the new look, and the fact that it seems to be attracting a lot of visitors now.

I think we have to move with the times, and I admit, I do like this new look Skyline, as long as the history remains, It'll all be good.