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History of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
Even before Archbishop John J. Glennon announced "I propose to build a temple in the name of the Lord my God," in February of 1905, plans for a new Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis were already underway. Archbishop Glennon's predecessor, Archbishop John J. Kain had already purchased the property at Lindell and Newstead. However, his plans were set back by a devastating tornado that drained the Archdiocesan treasury and his own ill health. He remained steadfast in his desire to see the Cathedral built, and when he died, he designated his entire personal estate to the Cathedral building fund.
The undertaking would require a $1,000,000 - a monumental sum in the currency of the time. (and by no means reflective of the actual cost of the completed building). The design of George Barnett of the firm of Barnett, Haynes and Barnett of St. Louis, a synthesis of Byzantine and Romanesque design, was chosen by a selection committee.
On May 1, 1907, ground was broken, and construction began. Work on the Cathedral would continue for another 80 years.
Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Diomede Falconio laid the cornerstone on October 18, 1908, dedicated to the Victorious Christ and Saint Louis IX, King of France, patron saint of the city. The ceremony was observed by members of all 77 Saint Louis parishes, who joined in procession to the site.
The first wedding happened in 1914 just two days after the first Holy Mass was celebrated in the new and far-from-completed building. The first Mass was celebrated six years to the day after the laying of the cornerstone.
The German firm of August Wagner was contracted to install the mosaics. The company set up shop in St. Louis, becoming the Ravenna Mosaic Company. Paul Heuduck undertook the red and gold designs of the transept galleries, then completed the Arch of Triumph and the Arch of Creation, followed by the pendentives underscoring the main dome and the Doctors of the Church pendentives surrounding the Sanctuary Dome.
The Cathedral was ready for consecration. It was an unforgettable occasion for all of Saint Louis. June 29, 1926, the Centennial of the creation of the Diocese of Saint Louis, saw 59 archbishops and priests gather for the ceremonies, including John Cardinal Bonzano, Apostolic Delegate to the United States. More than 100,000 people gathered along Lindell Boulevard to witness the procession of the Blessed Sacrament that evening.
Shortly after World War II, a sacristy was added to the north end of the structure. The Kilgen organ was replaced, and work on the mosaics continued. It was not to be completed until 1988, when the final two areas - the east and west transepts - were completed.
In 1997, the Cathedral was designated as a Cathedral Basilica by Pope John Paul II, who honored the Cathedral Basilica with a visit on his history-making visit to the United States in October of 1999.
The symbols of its status - the tintinnabulum (bell) and the ombrellino (umbrella) - flank the High Altar reminding one and all of the special status as a Cathedral Basilica.
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Arizona Daily Star Article-From ground up, new home is model of energy efficiency....By Dan Sorenson Arizona Daily Star
At first glance, there's nothing about this new 2,000-square-foot house in Civano, other than a rooftop solar panel, to suggest it's unusual. But an occupant would get the picture, in vivid green, when the laughable utility bills arrived.
The ultra-energy-efficient home uses state-of-the-art materials and techniques to cut energy consumption to one-fifth that of a new home built to current building codes, according to Richard Barna, director of building sciences and green building for Pepper Viner Homes.
Known as the Pepper Viner/BASF High-Performance Home, it is a collaboration between the local home builder and BASF, an international chemical and building materials firm. It combines state-of-the-art insulation, solar water and space heating, building materials that don't give off noxious gases, a vapor barrier under the slab, recycled tile, and graywater and rainwater conservation systems.
The house on Tucson's southeast side will be open for a public tour at Civano North Ridge today. But many of the features are not readily apparent.
The house's SIPS (Structural Insulated Panels) modular-wall construction system virtually eliminates leaks and attains a near R-30 insulation rating, according to Barna. The modular system uses large sections of polystyrene sandwiched between sustainable wafer board for exterior walls. Window and door openings are pre-cut at the factory to builder specifications. But Barna said the SIPS walls look like ordinary 2x6 stud walls.
One of the two new types of BASF foam insulation used in the demonstration house may soon offer a solution for old desert houses with inadequate roof insulation, Barna said.
The spray-on insulation has a hard surface — hard enough to walk upon — and a soft open-cell interior. So it could be sprayed on top of an old flat roof, instead of removing the old roof and installing four or six inches of new insulation between the joists or rafters. It would save the cost of removing and replacing the old roof, and provide better insulation, Barna said. It is not yet available locally.
The house also uses all nontoxic materials — adhesives, sealants and wood composites for cabinets — and will meet the new federal interior air standards.
The floors are all polished and dyed concrete. The concrete uses roughly twice the normal amount of fly ash, a recycled material used to replace cement in concrete.
Outside the house the landscaping uses a rainwater collection system hooked up to an automatic watering system that is tied into a weather network that bases watering times and amounts on weather conditions. Trees are watered using an active graywater system that pumps water from drains and sinks to a network of pipes two to three feet underground, to deep-water trees. The graywater isn't collected and held, eliminating storage problems, but is used as soon as it is detected in the system, Barna said.
Bill Viner of Pepper Viner said some of the technologies and building materials are already in use, and that he expects more will be in demand, and supplied, when the housing industry picks up after the recession.
"Not only will there be greater demand, but I think the builders will do it because it's the right thing to do," Viner said.
He wouldn't estimate the house's value, or what it would cost to reproduce it, but he said a similar floor plan house in Civano North Ridge development sells for $299,900.
And he said other houses in the development already use some of the methods to meet a standard based on heating and cooling costs-savings of at least 50 percent of that of a conventional home.
Viner said the demonstration home is under consideration for the top (platinum) rating in the national green building certification system, LEED. And he said it was already awarded the Pima County certification system's top (emerald) rating.
I plan on taking a series of shots showing the view from my apartment window, at different times of day/night/year to reflect the changes. Can't wait to get a snowy one! This one was taken just before 6pm, in late October 2008, before daylight savings time kicked in. Downtown Toronto. Pretty nice view, if you ask me! :) As with the previous 'View At Night', I cropped it to give it a wide feel, and to get rid of the ugly porch in front of that otherwise nice-looking house across the street, lol.
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You can also (not yet*) see the Trump International Hotel and Tower under construction here, which Donald Trump claims "will be one of the great buildings of the world." I don't know how super-great it'll be, lol, but I assume it'll make an alright addition to the others next to it. :)
*Update: My mistake, apparently that building is another that is right next to the planned Trump one, practically inches apart. I'll be able to see Trump's as soon as they get to building the thing - I thought they were further along. Also, none of Trump's concept art shows this building (that will now be blocking most of the view for the condos facing north), so I was only anticipating Trump's tower there. Easy to see why I mixed them up. I'll take some photo including the real Trump tower soon enough.
(1 in a multiple picture set)
A view of the east side of the abandoned farm house. I stand at a spot like this and let my mind go. I can almost hear the family activity that used to fill the house.
Built in 1798, the "new" State House is located across from the Boston Common on the top of Beacon Hill and was designed by Charles Bullfinch, the leading architect of the day. The land for the building was originally used as John Hancock's cow pasture. The original wood dome, which leaked, was covered with copper in 1802 by Paul Revere's company. (Paul Revere was the first American to roll copper successfully into sheets in a commercially viable manner.) The dome was first painted gray and then light yellow before being gilded with gold leaf during 1874. During World War II, the dome was painted once again, this time black or gray (depending on the source), to prevent reflection during blackouts and to protect the city and building from bombing attacks. During 1997, at a cost of more than $300,000, the dome was re-gilded, in 23k gold. At the top of the golden dome sits a wooden pinecone representing the importance of the lumber industry to Massachusetts during early colonial times as well as the state of Maine, which provided the lumber to build the State House.
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[This is one of a set of 9 photos] This home was built probably in early 2011 in the Willow Springs area of Wake County, North Carolina, but I don’t know exactly where—on the map I’ve placed the photos on Willow Springs but I’m sure the house is to the east a few miles and possibly a little south. When I photographed it in April of that year, it was for sale as a new home. There were some other new “old-style” homes in the development. It’s a Queen Anne with many of the embellishments of the original style—tower, second floor balustrade, porch with a gazebo-like extension (complete with finial), bay, shingling on the side, millwork and spindlework on porch, ornamental brackets, small panes on door glass, etc. I like the utilization of the earlier architectural style with two exceptions: 1) the tower is too close to the chimney [image 8 in the set] and 2) the styling of the garage, complete with bargeboard in the gable, produces a jarring effect [image 9 in the set]—even though this is the 21st century and a garage for many is a necessity.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral is a historic Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
After climbing 422 steps, you can get this view of the bell tower.
Tiny Buffalo Montana is more of a ghost town than anything else, although a few people still live there. They have a working post office, a church and slew of incredible abandoned buildings. The tall brick school stands silently and proudly, although most of it's windows have been broken out by time and elements. The bank looks like something from an old western, sitting quietly crumbling yet still beautiful. It closed in the Great Depression and never opened it's doors again. And those are just two of the incredible historic buildings in Buffalo. Although tiny, Buffalo provides plenty to see, especially for a history buff such as myself. It's pleasant enough to just walk around town, as the town is located in a lovely river valley between mountain ranges. It's wide open and on the prairie but has those delightful blue mountains on the skyline. Someday I hope I can return and get permission to see the interiors of these places. Please take some time and read Buffalo's history--every ghost town in Montana has a story to tell and Buffalo's is pretty interesting!
"Buffalo is almost on the Fergus County line. It was named for the great shaggy native Montanan that served as a source of food, shelter, and tools for the Plains Indian. Lewis and Clark, in their journal for July 11, 1806, describe this strange new animal: “A gangue of buffalow…the bulls keep a tremendous roaring we could hear them many miles and there are such numbers of them that there is a continuous roar.” It seems appropriate that that a settlement in this rich grazing land once filled with buffalo should be named for this first occupant.
The post office was discontinued from 1890 to 1893 and patrons had to go to Ubet for their mail. But when the Great Northern Railroad extended its line to Billings in 1908, Buffalo came to life again as a railroad station, and the post office was reestablished that year. (from Cheney’s Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)
During the 1920s half of Montana’s banks closed, and today an abandoned bank still stands in Buffalo, a testament to the hard times of the Great Depression. Many people had little choice but to leave their homes. Few people live in Buffalo today, but the rolling green hills and rich topsoil in this river valley still support prosperous cattle ranches, dairies, and wheat farms.
Buffalo is located in Judith Basin, bordered by Lewis and Clark National Forest land and between the Little Belt Mountains and the Big Snowy Mountains. The Rocky Mountain Division, or the western half of the Lewis and Clark National Forest which extends south of Glacier Park and east from the Continental Divide, contains some of the most beautiful mountain country in the West." -centralmontana.com
"Buffalo was named for the great, native Montana animal that served as a source of shelter, food, and tools for the Indians. On July 11, 1806, Lewis and Clark described this strange new animal in their journals as : 'A gangue of buffalow
.the bulls keep a tremendous roaring we could hear them many miles and there are such numbers of them that there is a continuous roar
.I sincerely belief that there are not less than 1,000 buffalow within a circle of two miles.'
The first post office was established in 1890 with Emily Philbrick as postmaster. The Great Northern Railroad extended their line into Billings in 1908. This area still is home for prosperous cattle ranches." -travelmt.com
Gielgud Theatre London. The ceiling and balcony fronts with at the rear of the dress circle the new boxes containing extra seating. There are no pillars to obstruct views.
London Gieldgud Theatre
February 2012
Roshek Building, 700 Locust Street, Dubuque, Iowa. This building was originally the home of Roshek Brothers Department Store. The company was founded by John J.and Frank H. Roshek. In its prime, Roshek's was the primary shopping destination in Dubuque and was the largest department store in the state of Iowa. The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This 9-story building was built in two halves beginning in August 1929. Originally the whole building was to be finished within a year, but as of the fall of 1931, only the north half was finished. Wholly completed in 1932, the building is a block long and half a block wide and is the tallest building in Dubuque. The building's architect was Charles Wheeler Nicol (1888-1953), a noted regional designer of major hotels and school buildings. This was and remains the state's largest building to be used as a department store.
In the 1960s Roshek's decided to move their operations to smaller quarters at Kennedy Mall, a regional shopping center on the western edge of the city. Roshek's became one of the mall's anchor tenants, along with Montgomery Ward and Younkers, a Des Moines department store which made its first appearance in Dubuque when the mall was built. The new Roshek's store opened in 1970. The Roshek family subsequently sold the store to Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. The store closed in 1982.
After Roshek's moved from downtown, this former department store was converted into an office building. For most of the time since conversion, it has been known as the Dubuque Building, except for a period of several years when it was called CyCare Plaza. Now it is called the Roshek Building. On January 15, 2009, IBM announced that it will move into the building, creating a new technology service center with 1,300 employees.
Au premier plan, Manny, un espace dédié à l'architecture et au design, vu de coté
Architecture : Agence Tetrarc (44)
www.tetrarc.fr/projet-2-2009-23
L'immeuble Manny, initié par le groupe de design Coupechoux (Agence Conseil en design global et architecture corporate), en partenariat avec le promoteur nantais Axel Colin, constitue, dans le sillage du groupe de design nantais, un lieu d'accueil privilégié pour des activités d'architecture et de création contemporaine.
L'île rouge est le bâtiment juste derrière Manny.
Au fond, l'école supérieure d'architecture de Nantes (Architectes : A. Lacaton - JP. Vassal)
"Zona de perill : Policia fora de control " , " Exigim cascos blaus ( ONU ) " façana d'Hamburg avui ( @ 15MBcn_int )
Wells, Somerset. May 1990.
Canon AV-1 with FDn 50mm f/1.8 and Kodachrome. Digitised with Sony A7 and Canon FD 50mm f/3.5.
This chapel built for the US Air Force academy in Colorado Springs is a marvel in Modern architecture. This building has appeared in many books on Architecture.
Michelin House at 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London was constructed as the first permanent UK headquarters and tyre depot for the Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. The building opened for business on 20 January 1911.
Designed by one of Michelin’s employees, François Espinasse, the building has three large stained-glass windows based on Michelin advertisements of the time, all featuring the Michelin Man “Bibendum”. Around the front of the original building at street level there are a number of decorative tiles showing famous racing cars of the time that used Michelin tyres. More tiles can be found inside the front of the building, which was originally a tyre-fitting bay for passing motorists. People walking into the reception area of the building are still greeted by a mosaic on the floor showing Bibendum holding aloft a glass of nuts, bolts and other hazards, proclaiming "Nunc Est Bibendum" (Latin for "Now is the time to drink"). The reception area also features more decorative tiles around its walls. Two glass cupolas, which look like piles of tyres, frame either side of the front of the building. The Michelin company's close association with road maps and tourism is represented by a number of etchings of the streets of Paris on some of the first-floor windows.
Michelin moved out in 1985.
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Glen Innes.
Glen Innes, the “capital “of the NSW Scottish highlands was named after Archibald Clunes Innes the former Commandant of Port Macquarie penal colony. But Innes was above all a pastoralist and land developer (he also had one of the first shops in Armidale). He grew the first sugar in the Port Macquarie area but he concentrated on sheep pastoralism across northern NSW. His head station was Furracabad where the city of Glen Innes now stands. Because of the Scottish heritage the district it acquired other Celtic town names – Ben Lomond, Glencoe and Dundee. There were also Welsh settlers up here and hence you can find Llangothlin near Glen Innes and the Welsh also named the nearby river- the Gwydir. Even some of the street names in Glen Innes are written in Gaelic. The early British links were also maintained as one of the first stations in the Glen Innes district was called Stonehenge. The earliest settlers of this region were two brother stockmen, William and John Duval from 1838 who were actually employed on Tilbuster the station that stood where the city of Armidale now stands. The Duval brothers sported long flowing beards and hence they were called the Beardies. Because they introduced other squatters to the region it became known as the “Land of the Beardies.” This name, Beardie, is used as a street name in Armidale and now is the title of the Glen Innes Museum. It is housed in the original Glen Innes hospital from 1877. The town itself was named by Mosman who owned Furracabad Station by 1852 when the town was gazetted.
Glen Innes is just south of Tenterfield the home town of Sir Henry Parkes, the main instigator of the move towards a federated Australia in the 1880s. As a local politician Sir Henry Parkes opened the Town Hall in Glen Innes in 1888. It is a good example of a late Victorian public building with a grand façade. It was completed in 1887 and officially opened in 1888 for the centenary of the founding of NSW. Other significant buildings in Glen Innes are: the Court House ( 1873); the Post Office (1890); the public School; St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (1908); the Police Station (1876); and the Railway station. In all 29 Glen Innes buildings are on the Register of the National Estate. One odd claim to fame for Glen Innes is that it is a major corn or maize producing district so your Kellogg Corn Flakes were probably grown up here at Glen Innes as Kelloggs are the major buyer of local maize!
The Celtic Standing Stones pays homage to all the Celtic settlers of Australia not just the Scottish. It reminds us of the contributions of the Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Bretons to the development of Australia. The park in which the Standing Stones are located has an annual Celtic Festival which we miss by only a few days. The large standing stones and Excalibur monument are reminiscent of the menhirs of Brittany in France and the standing circles of Avebury in England and the circles of Skye in Scotland. The Glen Innes Standing Stones are based on the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney Islands, a Neolithic stone ring dating from 2,500 BC to 2,000 BC. The Glen Innes ring is a 1988 Bicentenary project. The local tourist officer searched the bush for suitable stones that stood at least 5.5 metres high so that 3.7 metres could be above ground. Each stone is about 17 tonnes in weight. The site was finished by 1992 and officially opened by the NSW Governor.
We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.
Architects; Terry Farrell & Nicholas Grimshaw, late 60s.
(Farrell Grimshaw Partnership 1965-1980)
Younger generation may not know that these two architects started their joint practice in 1965 which lasted till 1980. They also worked on ‘service pods/clusters’ for London housing. Their work was innovative and high-tech, very much in the traditions of Archigram.
It is obvious now that both architects had their own routes plotted which they wanted to follow separately. Grimshaw continued with high-tech approach while Farrell was more eclectic and toyed with the post modernism for a while.
This apartment scheme was one of their earliest projects. The central load bearing core and perimeter columns allowed great deal of flexibility of floor plans. Ribbon windows with rounded corners gave good views over the Regents Park. Nick Grimshaw lived in one of the apartments for six years. This building was listed as Grade II in 2001.
Formerly a pub, now just a club. Since closed to become a restaurant/takeaway.
Address: 168 Mile End Road (formerly at Hayfield Place).
Former Name(s): The Black Horse.
Owner: Charrington (former).
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London Pubology (The Black Horse)
UP TO eight residential tower blocks once owned by Wirral Council are to be closed.
New owners Wirral Partnership Homes says bringing the towers up to standard, coupled with low occupancy rates, means they are no longer viable.
The blocks earmarked for the axe over the next one to three years are Melrose, Sandbourne, Thornridge (all Moreton), Flambards (Woodchurch) and Thorsway (Rock Ferry).
Five high rise blocks are to be refurbished: Sunningdale (Moreton), Liscard House (Liscard), Brackendale (Woodchurch) and The Towers (Tranmere) with Knowsley Court (Rock Ferry) and Neston Gardens (Birkenhead) being subject to minor remedial work and further review.
Council's cabinet member for housing, Cllr GD, said that times have changed and the desire for high rise living has dwindled.
"Some of these blocks used to have long waiting lists for tenants. Now they can hardly fill them," he said.
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