Lost Liverpool Buildings Top 5

**Waterways** · 05-20-2009

A good list. Here is another:
Liverpool's destroyed landmarks

The trams? A large system. They were uneconomical and inflexible as the city was expanding. They caused traffic jams and that was in the 1950's with few cars around. The long haul routes could have been kept up the boulevards, however would Menlove Ave have all those wonderful trees now, which are on the old lines? Best cut and cover up the boulevards as they did in Paris and make Merseyrail even bigger and better, using fast, small, light trains, like in London's Docklands.

The best thing for the city is to expand Merseyrail and use the disused tunnels, stations and trackbed. Extending Rapid Transit Merseyrail. Using the tunnels in the inner-city districts makes Merseyrail a proper metro where people use it to get around from district to district, not just commute in from the outskirts.

I'm glad the Ugly sisters went. They were horrible. Look at the Lumieres 1897 film and the Overhead passes the original Clarence Dock - much nicer.

Very historic.
Lumieres Film from the Overhead

**scouse smurf** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by Waterways

A good list. Here is another:
Liverpool's destroyed landmarks

Excellent stuff

**burkhilly** · 05-20-2009

Can someone let me know when the Sailor's Home and the David Lewis Theatre were demolished? I think I remember seeing both at some time in the past. I never saw old Lime Street, but I've seen photos on Ged's site, and there's no comparision to what's there today - that ugly precinct!

**scouse smurf** · 05-20-2009

Originally Posted by burkhilly

Can someone let me know when the Sailor's Home and the David Lewis Theatre were demolished? I think I remember seeing both at some time in the past. I never saw old Lime Street, but I've seen photos on Ged's site, and there's no comparision to what's there today - that ugly precinct!

Originally Posted by PhilipG

The David Lewis Theatre ceased being "a place of public resort" when the certificates expired on 30 November 1977. Demolition of the complex was completed in October, 1980.
The site has been redeveloped.

and taken from the link Waterway's posted before

Sailors Home - To the great and lasting disgust of many Liverpudlians, this wonderful folly of a building was demolished during the 1970s. Even worse, its site was not even required for new buildings - or even a road scheme.

**wsteve55** · 05-20-2009

But isn't it strange, that no one ever knows who made these decisions! We should have a rogues gallery, of these halfwits, not that it would do any good now!

**Ged** · 05-21-2009

We should indeed and maybe the caption. ''Will your mugshot be on this next?''

That might put the phillistines off. Better than nothing - if we can find out just who was responsible.

**taffy** · 05-21-2009

Liverpool City Council have given permission to demolish what is probably the last decent public building in Garston.

This is of course Garston Hospital. It is to be replaced by a derivative tin shell of a structure on the same site. This will involve removal of the hill on which the current hospital still stands. Mount Pleasant will soon be no longer a mount.

**Klaatu** · 05-21-2009

Disgraceful, How can they demolish such a beautiful building?

**Ged** · 05-21-2009

Even if it were for the dreaded apartments syndrome, it'd be better that it remained standing. It's all about money of course and wanting to use the existing site I bet.

**ChrisGeorge** · 05-21-2009

Originally Posted by taffy

Liverpool City Council have given permission to demolish what is probably the last decent public building in Garston.

This is of course Garston Hospital. It is to be replaced by a derivative tin shell of a structure on the same site. This will involve removal of the hill on which the current hospital still stands. Mount Pleasant will soon be no longer a mount.

Disgraceful.

Chris

**ItsaZappathing** · 01-11-2010

Originally Posted by taffy

Liverpool City Council have given permission to demolish what is probably the last decent public building in Garston.

This is of course Garston Hospital. It is to be replaced by a derivative tin shell of a structure on the same site. This will involve removal of the hill on which the current hospital still stands. Mount Pleasant will soon be no longer a mount.

Disgusting. More metal and glass on the way.

Soon we will only see brilliant architecture like this in photo's

**wsteve55** · 05-21-2009

Originally Posted by Ged

We should indeed and maybe the caption. ''Will your mugshot be on this next?''

That might put the phillistines off. Better than nothing - if we can find out just who was responsible.

Wonder if anyone here works for the council? Here's your chance to be an informer/spy!!!

**dazza** · 01-11-2010

If you're including 'Structures' in the building's category...as in the 'Docker's Umbella', then surely we should add the Old Dock as well?

**Waterways** · 01-11-2010

Originally Posted by dazza

If you're including 'Structures' in the building's category...as in the 'Docker's Umbella', then surely we should add the Old Dock as well?

Liverpool has Herculaneum, Harrington, Toxteth, Union. Part of Dukes, Kings, Victoria, most of Trafalgar, parts of Sandon, Parts of....etc..docks, that are filled in as well. Then there is the Dingle Oil Jetty. Various dock accumulator towers as well. Then there is New Brighton Tower.

**dazza** · 01-11-2010

Originally Posted by Waterways

Liverpool has Herculaneum, Harrington, Toxteth, Union. Part of Dukes, Kings, Victoria, most of Trafalgar, parts of Sandon, Parts of....etc..docks, that are filled in as well. Then there is the Dingle Oil Jetty. Various dock accumulator towers as well. Then there is New Brighton Tower.

We could do with a list, and then just debate on the order?