Liverpool One [Paradise Street] Shopping Area [Under Construction]

**Kev** · 08-14-2007

Originally Posted by buggedboy

Hi All

Longtime poster on SSC, but thought I'd start contributing here too.

Has anyone seen this picture before. It's the multi-storey car park on Hanover St.

I think it looks great and will be such an improvement on the beast that is there now.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...&upload_id=852

Hi BB, welcome aboard and thanks for the link.

**iain** · 08-14-2007

Good to see those plans for the Hanover St carpark, I was beginning to think it had been forgotten about, which would be a bad thing considering its location now.

Can't wait to see Chavasse Park taking shape again, it was great seeing it being excavated when it all began, a sign of all these improvements on the way, but it'll be great to have the greenery back again

As for my long-running puzzle as to why one end-wall of John Lewis had been left "open" while the rest of it was glazed and cladded, massive units of some kind (air conditioning?) were being lifted into the gaps today on each floor so I guess it'll be sealed up pretty soon. Then, maybe, they'll start on the bridge.

**iain** · 08-30-2007

John Lewis's

Chavasse Park, with trees!
Entrance to underground car park bottom left, and grand staircase taking shape on the right

One Park West takes its place in amongst the Three Graces

Canopies above South John Street

Cranes

These are just from my office, not a great vantage point, but I hope to get some more soon now it's stopped raining every day

kat2 · 08-30-2007

nice pici's iain,
thanku for the update
kat

**taffy** · 08-30-2007

Originally Posted by Paul D

Here's a list of some of the shops that are to open in Liverpool 1.
APPLE
AMERICAN APPAREL
BARCLAYS
BARRATTS
BODY SHOP
CAFE ROUGE
CARPHONE WAREHOUSE
CLINTONS
COSTA
DEBENHAMS
ERNEST JONES
ESPRIT
FAITH
GAME
GOLDSMITHS
GOURMET BURGER KITCHEN
H SAMUEL
JANE NORMAN
JD/NIKE
JOHN LEWIS
JONES
KAREN MILLEN
LAS IGUANAS
NEW LOOK
OASIS
ORANGE
O2
PUMA
REISS
SCOTTS
SONY
SPORTS WORLD
STARBUCKS
SUPERDRUG
TED BAKER
THE PERFUME SHOP
THREESTORE
TOPSHOP/TOPMAN
URBAN OUTFITTERS
USC
VIRGIN MEGASTORES
WAGAMAMA
WAREHOUSE
YO SUSHI
ZIZZI
57 others are so far under offer.

Several of these stores are already trading in Liverpool and are simply moving to the new location. Let's hope that the vacated stores are quickly taken up by other occupiers. Otherwise it will be a repeat of what has happened in Warrington where following the Golden Square shopping centre expansion, virtually all the shops in one of its main streets ( Bridge Street) have been vacated and are now boarded up and forlorn.

**naked lilac** · 08-30-2007

Interesting photos Iain.. jeeze.. no more open space at all where Chevais park used to be??? I particularly like the last photo of the red roundish type building, lower right of the pic.. Nice architecture of that. What is the name of that building.?

**iain** · 08-31-2007

That's Church House, it was there already and one of a few that were spared the bulldozing

I think the new Chavasse Park atop the underground car park will be a similar size to what the old park was, with the added extras of the pavillions above South John Street.

kat2 · 08-31-2007

i thought grosvenor wasnt aloud to do that, have existing traders, or was it that he had to fill spaces vacaited by the stores that re locaited?
kat

**iain** · 08-31-2007

There'll be a few from stores that had no relocate, like HMV, Argos, that lot, but I imagine there'll be a lot who'll be moving from their existing shop to a bigger and better one, John Lewis's for instance. Like Taffy says I hope it doesn't leave Church St like a ghost town.

**naked lilac** · 08-31-2007

Thanks Iain.. lucky lovely looking building.. I am sure when I come there again .. I will be lost...

But will look for that lovely site..

**taffy** · 08-31-2007

Originally Posted by naked lilac

Interesting photos Iain.. jeeze.. no more open space at all where Chevais park used to be??? I particularly like the last photo of the red roundish type building, lower right of the pic.. Nice architecture of that. What is the name of that building.?

This used to be the administrative offices for the Church of England's Diocese of Liverpool. They have recently moved out to new offices next to Liverpool Cathedral. The building was originally built as a Church of England Mission to Seamen.

**naked lilac** · 08-31-2007

Thank you Taffy

I really think it has a presence about it.. and am glad it wasn't demolished..

**Paul D** · 09-02-2007

The cladding on one park west is looking great (you can't tell off this),one of my favourite buildings going up so far.

**iain** · 09-03-2007

Yes Paul, I was sceptical about One Park West when they shortened the tower, but it's looking great already, especially in the view alongside the Liver Buildings from the Salthouse Dock... looks so much better in real life (even just at the concrete stage) than the artists impressions.

**Paul D** · 09-04-2007

FAT in Paradise

These are the first images of architect FAT’s pavilion project for Grosvenor’s £750m Paradise Street project in Liverpool.

The building within a building includes two retail kiosks and a two-storey coffee shop with a terrace. FAT beat off competition from Marks Barfield Architects, Page/Park and Hawkins\Brown to secure the scheme.

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?...rycode=3093787

The FAT designed pavillion is known as Site 8A. The pavillion sits inside the walkway known as Church Yard (essentially a box in a box).....