Liverpool: Old and New
by orangepith
Between Christmas and New Year we stayed in the Wirral and did a fantastic walk through Liverpool City centre. The regeneration has been very successful, especially when I think back to the city I knew in the 1970′s….the main thrust has been to connect the river with the city – Liverpool One, the Albert Dock and the Marina all being good examples. The new Liverpool Museum is certainly not the Fourth Grace, and from certain angles seems to work. Inside is another story I am afraid – the specification was more ‘motorway service station’ than gallery, and already looking tawdry. We finished up at the Catholic Cathedral – a vast homage to late Modernism by Gibberd. The quality of light inside is remarkable and very poetic. The walk back to the river was through China Town and a series of derelict warehouses – a reminder that the process of decay and renewal is never ending.
