Favourite Merseyside Architecture - buildings and monuments

[Kurt.]

 

[blue61]

The gents urinals at the Philharmonic are worth a gander

 

[davek]

When the sun catches the little gold ship on top of the spire it is so eye catching.

In the grounds the Tom Murphy statue is a very evocative Blitz memorial.

We have some great sculpture around the town.

 

[hallamblue]

Would you describe that as gothic? I dont really associate Liverpool with gothic. I know the Anglican Cathedral is one of the biggest examples in the UK like but I associate it more with Manchester, whereas Liverpool I associate with neo-classical public buildings.

Ilm sure I'm wrong like and Liverpool has just as many or more gothic buildings than Manchester.

Liverpool has more Grade 1 listed buildings than any city outside of London. There's all sorts of architecture. I used to love walking people around and watching their jaws drop. Also used to love getting lost in the city, you'd always find an amazing building you've never seen before. I do the same in London.

 

[davek]

Alternatively, there's a lot of gratuitous sculpture in Liverpool too.

I dont like that Moores has a sculpture. He was just a spiv as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Cecil]

Always loved the Scandinavian church.

 

[davek]

...more gratuitous sculpture...

I bet Ricky Tommo spits on that when he's down in Mathew St.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

 

[the golden visionary]

Always liked this building, reminds me of one in Paris

 

[Lapeno77]

Have no idea why, but always enjoyed the look of this place

 

[9LeagueTitles5FACups]

Sculpture on King Edward Street.

 

[Ferguson1878]

gerrard gardens and all them other old tenements they had in town , strange to think they where all there to what’s there now

 

[DavidH]

Big fan of these and have been since I was a kid. Had no idea it was called Piazza Fountain, I always knew it as The Buckets:

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Is that behind Fenwick Street? If so I staggered past that absolutely hammered a few years ago and stood there staring at it for ages trying to work out where I was

 

[DavidH]

For me it's a set of buildings, the Walker Art Gallery, Picton library and the Liverpool World museum.

Yeah stunning.

 

[malfosse]

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth.