Site Archive July 2004

Will Alsop's Fourth Grace Axed
News reaches us that the plans to build the 4th Grace have been axed due to 'spiralling costs'. We wonder what Will Alsop will be telling his friends across the world about working in Liverpool...

And as for the team who made the decision?

"The Fourth Grace promises to elevate Liverpool’s skyline into the world super league. With tourism already the world’s biggest industry and employer, the importance of this scheme – including a new Museum of Liverpool – cannot be overestimated.”
David Fleming
Director, National Museums Liverpool
Aug 2002

"Alsop's scheme was the most favourable in terms of all of these considerations...This was also the design to require the lowest amount of public grant"
David Henshaw
Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council
Dec 2002

"The [study] offers positive confirmation about the principal aspects of the original scheme and concludes that the proposal is both technically deliverable and commercially viable."
Jim Gill
Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision
July 2003

World Heritage Site announcement: July 2nd 2004
Decision to axe the Fourth Grace: July 19th 2004

Friday 2nd July 2004
Liverpool: World Heritage Site.

Stonehenge - Orkney - Canterbury - Durham - Blaenavon
Liverpool?

The Road to hell is ...

Liverpool’s World Heritage Bid, which will see planning control over vast swathes of the inner core of the city given over to ‘Heritage Guardians’ has been accepted.

As we have said on this site many times, imposing the restrictions needed to comply with management of the ’site’, will do untold damage in the eyes of us who see Liverpool as a metropolis of International standing, commercial by nature and forward looking in our instinct and tradition.

We love Liverpool, we love its history - but not at this cost.

You can read our full response to the announcement here

DL July 2004

Capital of Culture
With Liverpool’s outline programme still shrouded in mystery we thought we would take a peak at how other really creative cities had worked

See what’s happening this year in Lille…and Genoa no…we’re not going either!

One of our Celtic sister cities . Hope we are getting involved with this one? What shall we tap for the ‘real’ Liverpool?

Having said that, tap in ‘Capital of Culture’ on your search engine and see what comes out on top! Liverpool ALWAYS catches the imagination.

Here is a good ‘encyclopaedia’ of everything to do with CoC
wikipedia


Living in the Bay Area
Something for us to consider with regards to all things metropolitan?

Thank you very much
With Liverpool and Memphis developing closer cultural ties you may find this site of use

We need the micro too…makes the macro work, don’t you know!
A possible threat to the Old Hall St post office has been reported in Monday’s Echo.
Whilst we welcome the development plans for this growing area of downtown, city authorities must do their utmost to ensure we mix uses up in this area and retain micro assets such as a post office.
Tens of thousands of people could be living there in a decade- if the infrastructure is in place…if not, then they may as well stay in the burbs!
After you have checked out the story at icliverpool then why not buy one of these whilst you're there? Liverpool City Guide

Trains and Boats and planes
Whilst downtown Liverpool seems to be slowly getting cut off from the rest of the country due to our lousy ‘Regional’ train routing priorities there is better news from other modes. Liverpool now has an easy through-route to New York from JLA so get over and visit the folks in downtown New York…use it or lose it!

We also came across this belter for those who like getting to the States in a more sedate manner
Philadelphia like us so much they even reported the NYC flight!

Also…isn’t this the type of publicity Peel should be avoiding? link

The debate for the referendum on a North West UK Regional Assembly gains momentum:
NO Campaign
YES Campaign
Official UK Govt Site

STOP PRESS: vote postponed!

Bling Bling Building
A great little planning application from Piers Gough of CZWG for a new HQ for Herberts of Liverpool in Hanover Street has been released. [daily post]

Again, an enlightened local client prepared to put his money back into the city, a signature architect wanting to work in Liverpool and .. a derelict vacant plot in the heart of downtown.

Would any critics (not Liverpudlians we hope] please take a reality check...

Aintree Festival of Motorsport
19th to 21st November 2004
50th Anniversary of the UK's 1st Classic Grand Prix Circuit.

With formula one recently packing 500 000 sightseers into the city of London for streetracing imagine how good this could be to see Jenson Button racing downtown.


Downtown Liverpool' s fantasy Liverpool Grand Prix might be:

Strand past Albert Dock,
Islington
Pall Mall
Churchill Way flyover
Lime Street
Renshaw St
Berry Street
Great George Street
Parliament Street
Strand.

Send Us your ideas, the best will be credited and published on this site!