Royal Liver Building (Liverpool)

United Kingdom / England / Liverpool
 office building, Art Nouveau / Jugendstil (architecture), 1911_construction, Grade I Listed (UK)
The Royal Liver Building is a Grade I listed building located in Liverpool, England. It is sited at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront.

Opened in 1911, the building is the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group, which had been set up in the city in 1850 to provide locals with assistance related to losing a wage-earning relative. One of the first buildings in the world to be built using reinforced concrete, the Royal Liver Building stands at 90 m (300 ft) tall.

Today the Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool and is home to two fabled Liver Birds that watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that were these two birds to fly away, then the city would cease to exist.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liver_Building
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Coordinates:   53°24'21"N   2°59'45"W

Comments

  • We went to the top, just below the Liver birds, in 1960. Family friend was the caretaker
  • one of the greatest buildings in the great city of Liverpool
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