Posted by John on 12/2/2006, 12:40 am, in reply to "Re: Historic Docks of Liverpool" Then it was just a bus terminus with buses parked all the spaces there. It was not a usful public space - it was fuctional. It was quite ugly too. : infilled docks and what was built on the The infilled docks didn't do that. The buildings did which coudl have been set back behind the dock.
:: Are you thinking another Three Graces might
:: emerge from in-filling of more docks? Well
:: so far what has been built on or around them
:: has been tat. Herculaneum Dock has tat
:: flats. A multi-floor car park and a naff
:: looking stadium at Kings Dock. Toxteth and
:: Harrington Docks are car parks. Bidston
:: Dock has a naff looking shopping mall
:: proposed. A very poor record indeed
:
:: Being realistic in life, I'm afraid I do not
:: share your optimism.
:
:i can remember that in the early sixties the
: pier head was full of life.
: reclaimed land has provided us with the
: magnificent waterfront known worldwide.
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