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Post by Kev on Sept 8, 2004 9:56:01 GMT -5
ONE of the biggest new museums in the world could be built in Liverpool. A £64m Museum of Liverpool, which would show the city's 800-year history, will be discussed by regeneration leaders on Friday. It had been part of the Fourth Grace development, but now that Will Alsop's Cloud has been scrapped, National Museums Liverpool wants to build its own worldbeating attraction. .:MORE:.Yes please!   |
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Post by FKoE on Sept 8, 2004 13:21:00 GMT -5
Alright, I know I'm the downer of the forum... But! I hope this museum celebrates our rich social history, and the poor people from the world over who suffered to make this City what it is today .... *rant over  |
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Post by Kev on Sept 9, 2004 5:02:27 GMT -5
THE Northwest Development Agency last night issued a stark warning that it would not tolerate another Cloud-style debacle over Liverpool's Mann Island site. The agency's chief executive, Steve Broomhead, was speaking after it emerged yesterday that National Museums Liverpool want to build one of the world's biggest museums on the site, at a cost of £65m. >>More |
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Post by Howie on Sept 9, 2004 18:03:44 GMT -5
Yes, let's have a great public building not just luxury apartments and department stores. Yes, let's tell the story of a city with a long tradition of struggling against oppression. This page is a celebration of the lives of some of those who stood out against the stream, the fighters, the artists, the rebels. These lives are closely associated with the city of Liverpool, a city with a long tradition of resistance from the 18th century slave trade through to the dock strike in the 1990s. When Liverpool Dockers refused to cross a picket line on 29 September 1995 and were immediately dismissed by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, no-one could imagine the full consequences. Port after port joined the fight against casual labour and deregulation as dockworkers around the world recognised that they confront the same issues in a global industry. This website traces the Liverpool dispute and the growth of an international dockers movement, as they unfold.  |
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Post by Kev on Sept 10, 2004 2:28:19 GMT -5
I have a good look at that Howie, cheers
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Post by FKoE on Sept 10, 2004 13:03:55 GMT -5
Yes, let's have a great public building not just luxury apartments and department stores. Yes, let's tell the story of a city with a long tradition of struggling against oppression. Well said Cheers for the links Howie |
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Post by Howie on Sept 11, 2004 16:43:20 GMT -5
I hear the NWDA want to rethink plans for the Mann Island site and haven't approved the National Museums Liverpool proposal so it seems unlikely anything will be built there for 2008.  |
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Post by Howie on Sept 13, 2004 7:27:32 GMT -5
Museum may 'miss 2008'Sep 13 2004 By Mike Hornby, Liverpool Echo LIVERPOOL may not get a new waterfront museum for 2008, council leader Mike Storey warned today. Plans to build one of the world's biggest museums in the city suffered a major blow after government funding body, the North West Development Agency, delayed approval for the proposed £64m Museum of Liverpool at Mann Island by two months. It means the crucial target of 2008 set by National Museum's Liverpool for the opening is likely to be missed. And Cllr Storey said today there was no guarantee the museum would be ready for 2008. "It would be foolish to say it will, there's less than four years to go. " I am confident a scheme will come forward in two months' time, but I can't say whether it will be ready or not. "If you had asked me six months ago, I would have said there was no chance it won't be ready. But the clock is ticking." He added the decision to look at the scheme again was a "mature approach". NML director Dr David Fleming revealed in the ECHO last Wednesday that the ambitious plans would give Liverpool a world-beating museum, telling the city's story from 1207 to the present day. NML wanted to use the site - and cash - which had been set aside for the doomed Fourth Grace project. But after a crucial NWDA board meeting, chief executive Steve Broomhead said: "There is a need to look afresh at the options for Mann Island and I have been asked to go back to the board with a number of options. "We will carry out a full review of the options, but I would have thought it will take around two months. " It is my personal ambition to get this thing finished by 2008, but that depends on the nature of the scheme." The delay could also have a fatal impact on funding for the site, as there is a deadline of the end of this week for applications for cash from the European Objective 1 programme. Source: Liverpool Echo
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Post by pr0uD on Sept 13, 2004 7:32:46 GMT -5
I've heard rumours of a Casino...yes indeed  BTW...  Handsome fella int he?  I wonder if he's getting frisked? ---------------------------------------------------------- Caption competition! |
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Post by Howie on Sept 13, 2004 17:23:59 GMT -5
I've heard something like Sheffield's Winter Gardens is being considered - a sort of contemporary palm house which includes a small gallery and museum.   Why anybody would think something like this would be appropriate for Mann Island I don't know.  Mind you we are already replicating the fountain from Sheffield's Peace Gardens in Williamson Square.  |
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Post by FKoE on Sept 13, 2004 18:43:58 GMT -5
Casino's, palm house's, Whats going on The council and planners better get their act sorted ... |
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