The
£55m Hilton Liverpool Now Officially Open
Photographs by Ian Fairbrother
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IT has been a
few weeks since we had some good old celebrity photos, as most seem
to have run off to get warm. Yet on 29 January 2010, the celebrities
turned out again in Liverpool City Centre to mark the official
opening of the new 7 floor, £55m, Hilton Hotel. This is a fantastic
example of how Liverpool is now rising like a phoenix from the ashes
and remodelling it's self into a new, modern city. Attending this
star studded event where members of Liverpool Football Club, with
wags Coleen Rooney, Claudene Keane and Alex Curren. Also their where
stars from Hollyoaks and even a performance from the girl band
Sugababes! All that and more, to mark the opening of this
spectacular landmark property situated in the heart of the new
Liverpool One development. The hotel boasts "spectacular views
over the Liver Buildings, Albert Dock and Chavasse Park" as
well as having a range of guest rooms and suites, all with wireless
internet access and satellite TV channels. That's not forgetting the
7th floor Executive Lounge, with complimentary breakfast and
dockside views! But it is not stopping at that... they have a
fitness centre, the Exchange Restaurant, which overlooks Chavasse
Park and the Pima bar. To find out more, why not go to:-hilton.co.uk/liverpool.
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Peel Holds ‘Liverpool Waters’ Community Consultation Event
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ON 29 January
2010 and 30 January 2010, Peel held a community consultation event
in a shop on Whitechapel in Liverpool City Centre. The event was
held to show the public what Peel's project, titled 'Liverpool
Waters', was all about and to get feedback. Most people, like
ourselves, were impressed, but some had questions about the long
turn viability of the project, asking if it was too ambitious. If
this £5.5 billion waterside development scheme is to go ahead, it
will become the largest urban regeneration project in the UK
extending to over 150 acres of currently derelict dockland on both
sides of the river. If you look at what was done with Liverpool One,
then many people are now confident that a development of this size
can go ahead, but what do you think? Email us now to our newsroom
email address:-
news24@southportreporte.com. To
find out more about the project, please go to last week’s edition
and also visit
peelwaters.co.uk. We have also add a new section to
Mersey Reporter, all
about this topic with audio interview.
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Lumière Brothers’ film has been showcased to public at FACT
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FACT
(Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) was the setting for the
showing of amazing footage taken by the famous Lumière Brothers’
Liverpool Overhead Railway. The footage was also accompanied with a
free lecture. The event was very well attened and another will take
place in Crosby later in 2010. The film is then intended to go on
display as part of the public programme for the new Museum of
Liverpool, due to open in Spring 2011. Taking the lecture was Dr
Koeck and Sharon Brown, Curator of Land Transport and Industry for
National Museums Liverpool.
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