Site tour
Hi all,
At last I've made it onto the forum! Kev posted some pictures on my behalf ages ago and I said at the time I'd join but didn't get round to it.
I work in the police HQ and have done for a few years, so I've overlooked the Paradise Street development since it started, back in the days of all those holes appearing in Chavasse Park and all the old treasures beneath.
Yesterday I went on a tour of the site, down Paradise Street, over to the bottom of South John Street (there's a new street connecting them) and into the new John Lewis's building, which Grosvenor have just about finished with before they hand it over to John Lewis's for fitting out. Apparently they're going to have site tours every 4 weeks now.
Here's some pictures:
South John Street, with the new Debenhams at the far end. The white double doorway thing will be a pedestrian entrance to the underground carpark, the rest will be shops (two tier).
Looking out across what will be Chavasse Park. Right in the foreground will be a grand staircase rising from the water feature at "ground level" to the raised park. Over the other side, one of the cores of Cesar Pelli's tower is on the rise.
Inside John Lewis's, looking out to where Radio Merseyside used to be.
The two-tier South John Street. There'll be bridges across here, linking the upper tier. On the right-hand side, I think there's going to be a third level, linked across to the park on the left, with an open space for outdoor cafés and the like.
East of Paradise Street, where Radio Merseyside used to be. I think it's going to be mainly apartments on this side.
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