tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104159472128891542.post7154424454131148355..comments2024-04-08T07:49:55.376+01:00Comments on Liverpool Preservation Trust: Liverpools Ferry Terminal-Bad British ArchitectureLiverpool Preservation Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647181330351880690noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104159472128891542.post-80887752793006141392009-07-03T20:35:03.009+01:002009-07-03T20:35:03.009+01:00I used to enjoy going down to the Pier Head, even ...I used to enjoy going down to the Pier Head, even when it was only used as a bus station. The buildings in their isolation had a wonderful, grand presence. You could see them from miles away, unsullied by the cheap rubbish which now surrounds them. The start of the rot was the Crowne Plaza Hotel - an ugly, squat little piece of tat. It's only virtue was that it did not impose on the Three Graces too much. What has been done since is abominable. The egg box museum and the grotesque granite blocks are obscene, but can anyone conceive of a worse piece of junk than this ferry terminal ? When I first saw the plans I thought it was some kind of joke...the joke, unfortunately, is on the people of Liverpool who have to live with it.David Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838907571085592544noreply@blogger.com