Thursday, March 31, 2022
Woo-hoo! No tendering today. We could not be any closer to the center of Liverpool!
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View from our stateroom of No 8 Princes Dock office building |
We had our free time in the morning. We disembarked, turned right and...
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Titanic Memorial (1916, by Sir William Goscombe John) commemorates the 32 "Heroes in the Engine Room" on the luxury liner that sank in 1912, plus all men in that position serving on ships during World War I |
The Titanic was registered in Liverpool, and the owner, White Star Line, was headquartered in Liverpool.
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Mersey Ferries Terminal (2009, by Hamilton Architects of Belfast) (KSS) |
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The Mersey Ferries Terminal includes the fab4store (KSS) |
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Kent with the Pier Head Beatles (2015, by Andy Edwards) |
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Museum of Liverpool (2011, by 3XN) |
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Heaven & Earth (2011, by Andy Plant) is a memorial to 17C astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks from Liverpool, who was the first to accurately calculate the transit of Venus
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A Stena Line Ferry and River Explorer Cruise boat on the Mersey River |
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Statue (1998, by Tom Murphy) of Captain Johnnie Walker, a World War II hero who was charged with escorting convoys of ships, but went above and beyond by actively seeking and destroying threatening German submarines |
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Liverpool Naval Memorial (1998, by Charles Frederick Blythin and Stanley Harold Smith) commemorates the members of the Merchant Navy who agreed to serve in the Royal Navy during World War II and lost their lives |
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One of the Go Superlambananas, a 2008 art exhibition featuring individually decorated miniature versions of the 1998 Superlambanana by Taro Chiezo; the creature is a cross between a lamb and a banana, two of the most common cargos found on Liverpool docks |
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The Three Graces on the Liverpool waterfront are three classical buildings: left to right are the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building, and the Port of Liverpool Building (we will see them again in better light) |
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Behind the Three Graces was this wonderful Art Deco building that we later learned was a ventilation shaft for the Queensway road tunnel under the Mersey River; however, it is also the George's Dock Building (1931-1934, by Herbert J Rowse) for offices |
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Albion House (1896-1898, by Richard Norman Shaw and J Francis Doyle, based on Shaw's design for New Scotland Yard in London, in Victorian Romanesque style) was headquarters for a shipping company that became White Star Line; now 30 James Street Hotel |
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In the window of the Albion House is a model of the RMS Titanic (1909-1911, by Thomas Andrews of Harland & Wolff Shipbuilders in Belfast), a White Star Line ship, that famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 |
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We stepped into the Albion House to see the lobby floor mosaic of South America |
A doorman allowed us to photograph the lobby.
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30 James Street Hotel is a Titanic-themed hotel |
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The lobby still contains the wood war memorial listing the members of White Star Line staff who "Gave their lives for their country" n the 1914-1918 Great War/World War I |
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A winged figure on the hotel reception desk resembles the figure over the main door, and brings to mind 'Rose' leaning out over the bow of the ship in the movie Titanic |
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A poster for the Titanic voyage (KSS) |
The doorman then opened the doors to let us into the White Star Grand Hall!
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White Star Grand Hall, which was the White Star Line First Class Booking Hall and Lounge |
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White Star Grand Hall is now decorated as if a First Class venue on the RMS Titanic.
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White Star Grand Hall bar, with a pair of those winged statuettes that are not referenced as White Star Line or Titanic, so may be a symbol of the hotel itself |
The doorman then told us to take the elevator to the top floor to see the view from the terrace!
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Unfortunately we were not able to see the Three Graces, but did have a view south to Royal Albert Dock (1841-1845, by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick), the first cast-iron and brick (i.e., non-combustible) dock and warehouse complex in the world, in front of the Wheel of Liverpool (2009-2011, now owned by Dubai-based Freij Entertainment International) |
The docks of Liverpool were enclosed "wet" docks, where ships could be loaded and unloaded directly into/from warehouses, and the security was greater.
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View east over central Liverpool, with the Radio City 96.7 Tower (1969, by James A Roberts Associates) that is, including antennas, the tallest structure in Liverpool |
The doorman was excited about the two US dollar-tip we gave him!
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Queen Victoria Monument (1902-1906, by F M Simpson, in Neo-Baroque style, with 26 bronze figures by C J Allen) |
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View of City Hall down Castle Street |
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View of Radio City 96.7 Tower from Derby Square |
Next: Liverpool II.
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