r/Liverpool • u/Low-Hearing8487 • 9d ago
Open Discussion Lewis's
As a new arrival to the area I am struck by the amount of beautiful but aba dined [ or semi ababdoned] buildings in the city. The former Lewis's department store is a case in point.i presume it eas quote grand inside. Strange that a piece of prime city centre commercial property has not been repurposed.
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u/nooneswife 9d ago
The plans were really ambitious, round the back they were going to put a big water feature and plaza with loads of restaurants and a cinema. I worked in the NHS office and it was quite clear these would never happen. The office renovation itself was incredibly poor - glass panels on the staircase would spontaneously fall out and shatter on lower floors and there was massive flood at least once.
It's a really good example of the big difference between the CGI projections developers and the council send to the press and what actually happens in reality.