Post by Kev on Sept 22, 2004 4:30:23 GMT -5
PART of the site where Beatlemania was born is being transformed into a £1.2m restaurant and office complex.
Work has started to clear an area once partly occupied by the legendary Cavern Club where the Fab Four perfected their live routine at packed lunchtime gigs.
Workmen were yesterday excavating a five metre deep hole in preparation for building the development's foundations.
It is hoped the new restaurant, which will sit below four floors of offices, will include original brick work from the club and mementoes from the early 1960s.
The building by Liverpool company Iliad is expected to be finished by August next year.
The original red-brick Cavern cellar was demolished in 1973 to make way for the city's underground city loop railway-line.
The upper floors were flattened and the cellar was filled in to be replaced first with building site offices and equipment and later with a car park.
The demolition followed years of protests from enraged Beatles fans who even built barricades to prevent court officials closing it down.
The new development was last night welcomed by fans of the Fab Four.
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Work has started to clear an area once partly occupied by the legendary Cavern Club where the Fab Four perfected their live routine at packed lunchtime gigs.
Workmen were yesterday excavating a five metre deep hole in preparation for building the development's foundations.
It is hoped the new restaurant, which will sit below four floors of offices, will include original brick work from the club and mementoes from the early 1960s.
The building by Liverpool company Iliad is expected to be finished by August next year.
The original red-brick Cavern cellar was demolished in 1973 to make way for the city's underground city loop railway-line.
The upper floors were flattened and the cellar was filled in to be replaced first with building site offices and equipment and later with a car park.
The demolition followed years of protests from enraged Beatles fans who even built barricades to prevent court officials closing it down.
The new development was last night welcomed by fans of the Fab Four.
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