FOUR UNBUILT TOWERS AROUND LIVERPOOL - Shouldn't they have been built?

[@Lord_Liverpool]

Another great video, thank you Aidan.

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@Lord_Liverpool Many thanks, especially coming from someone with your username!

[@AidanEyewitness]

Thanks in advance for your comments, tips, information and occasionally corrections! I knew little about these proposals, they don't get much publicity nowadays, but it's interesting to imagine... what if?

[@GrahamBandage]

The Herculaneum development was initially supposed to be much taller. As I recall, the developers went bust after the first few floors were built, and an entirely new design was constructed on top of the previously completed structure.

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@GrahamBandage I wasn’t aware of that. Many thanks for the information.

[@dutchiestudio]

thanks for the video dude i appreciate the mention of merseyside's infrastructure i've not seen much of it on youtube

[@Cinemaker]

Superb video as always! 👍

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@Cinemaker Many thanks for your positive feedback, as ever.

[@pippin9466]

Wow you went all the way to Southport for the video, well done

[@AidanEyewitness]

It's part of my territory, my coverage area. I like to visit the locations so I can get a feel for the place. It's interesting visiting all these parts of the urban area.

[@pippin9466]

@@AidanEyewitness im glad you went as southport is my home town

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@pippin9466 I like Southport, a different experience to Blackpool.😊

[@pippin9466]

@@AidanEyewitness true, they are both good in their own ways

[@adrianjones4812]

The Tower of Hope should be built in Liverpool city centre. It is a pity more buildings like the Liver Building were not built at the time as Liverpool was really the Chicago or New York of Britain. Let’s hope they make good use of the Waterfront location with chunky , classical and Art Deco style buildings not these cheap generic skinny residential blocks that are appearing in many provincial cities.

[@AidanEyewitness]

Unfortunately, most architects nowadays don't produce this more classical, art deco style today. They tend to follow a standard format, often a glass exterior, rectangular, not very adventurous, though there are exceptions.

[@christopherslack924]

Excellent

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@christopherslack924 Thanks very much 😊

[@samegerton1858]

Another excellent video,thank-you! I dont know if you're aware, but theres an architecture/urban renewal development forum online with a section devoted to Liverpool and its current and planned projects? Your excellent vlogs would fit really well there imo and it may give you ideas for future videos?

[@AidanEyewitness]

Thanks have you got the details of the forum and I'll take a look.

[@samegerton1858]

​@@AidanEyewitnesshave tried to reply repeatedly sorry but for some reason it keeps deleting my reply,could be that I'm trying to include a link to the forum. If you Google skyscrapercity forums and go from there. If you need any more info just give me a shout!

[@davidsivills3599]

Liverpool is better off without Unesco status, it's held the city back decades regarding development.

[@djsjtj1731]

So true

[@bigpaul4450]

absolute nonsense, its low land values hold it back. As soon as you hit 15 storeys costs rise exponentially thats what 'holds it back'. There is nothing wrong with a low rise good quality townscape

[@djsjtj1731]

@@bigpaul4450 yes there is we need to be building for the future not like in the past

[@AidanEyewitness]

I would tend to agree. Let's hope things improve in the future.

[@bigpaul4450]

@@djsjtj1731 Liverpool does not have a housing crisis, its housing figures have been reduced down the towers going up are of a poor design and sold as investor only

[@kmac5849]

My father used to pass down stories from his grandmother of the Brighton tower , apparently a venue for the well to do

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@kmac5849 Wow, fascinating. I’d love to have heard those stories!

[@Hazeybigman]

There were also plans submitted by Liverpool city Council for a 555 metre skyscraper back in 1979

[@tulyar57]

I have posted previously on Aiden's videos of my general mistrust of 'vanity' high rise building and therefore I am not sorry that the projects here have been abandoned. Similarly, it seems to me that the likes of the New Brighton and Blackpool towers were just tourist copycat responses to the Eiffel Tower of 1889. Resurrecting a tower in New Brighton in the 21st century after one was condemned in the 20th does not make sense to me. However, designs like nearby Birkenhead Park (1840s) were innovative, being blueprints for the later Central Park in New York. Maybe I am just a romantic but many arthitectural projects now just seem to lack imagination. Whether that is a fault of architects, planners or developers, I am not sure.

[@andyarmstrong1175]

Tower of Hope!!! Just get the pier repaired and opened again instead! 👍🇬🇧

[@AidanEyewitness]

@@andyarmstrong1175 It will cost in excess of 13 million pounds, more than many buildings! Who is going to pay for it? Many thanks for being the first commenter!

[@pippin9466]

@@AidanEyewitness i do hope that they reopen it but chances are slimmer than many think due to the steep price