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Megaprojects are typically defined as costing more than US$1 billion and attracting a lot of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, environment and budgets. US Infrastructure online, take a look at some of America's biggest ever megaprojects.
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Spain seems to be drowning in megaprojects; one wonders how many will have to be abandoned half-completed as monuments to the bubble. This is an enormous suspension bridge to a small city.
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Governor Deval Patrick today broke ground on the start of construction to replace the Fore River Bridge connecting Quincy and Weymouth.
The $244 million replacement project is one of five “megaprojects” funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. Since the program’s start in 2008, the number of structurally deficient bridges has declined approximately 20 percent.
Construction continues on phase one of the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject (off Route 123) near the future site of the Tysons East Station in Northern Virginia. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
On Sunday, Nov.3, 2024, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the completion of two new elevators providing access to the street level and uptown level at the 14 St 123 subway station, marking another milestone in the 14 St Station Complex megaproject.
Credit: MTA
Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Signs of grassroots resistance to freeway expansion on Grandview.
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
MassDOT Secretary Richard A. Davey joins Governor Deval Patrick today to break ground on the start of construction to replace the Fore River Bridge connecting Quincy and Weymouth.
The $244 million replacement project is one of five “megaprojects” funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. Since the program’s start in 2008, the number of structurally deficient bridges has declined approximately 20 percent.
Even een kleine update van dit langdurige project: Hier kijken we vanaf de Rozengracht richting west over de inmiddels voormalige brug over de Lijnbaansgracht.
De heipalen moeten voorkomen dat deze zijde van de kademuur in het water wegzakt. Aan de andere zijde is de brug en ondermuur weggehaald tot vlak boven de waterlijn, waar nu twee mensen druk aan het werk zijn- gadegeslagen door de man in oranje overall boven. Een smal loopbruggetje verbindt beide zijden van het gapende gat. Achter de hekken steekt een lijn 5 de geamputeerde kruising over.
Een fotoreportage over dit megaproject zie je in DIT album:
Jacobs and Bouygues Civil Works Florida – Port of Miami Tunnel and Access Improvements – (Miami, Florida, United States)
Original file name: GC1_2980
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), known unofficially as the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief highway through the heart of the city, into a 3.5-mile (5.6-km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals. The project concluded on December 31, 2007, when the partnership between the program manager and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ended.
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, nicknamed the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93) - the chief highway through the heart of the city - into a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. The construction work began in 1991 and was scheduled to be completed in 1998; it wasn’t finished until 2006. The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling overruns, leaks, design flaws, charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials, criminal arrests and one death.
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Think City Vancouver Freeway Revolts – Bicycle Tour
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Tour participants at ground zero of present day freeway revolt in Vancouver, Grandview at Boundary.
Starting along the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts we toured significant sites in Vancouver’s successful freeway revolt of the 60s and early 70s. As we head east we moved from the walking city in Strathcona / Chinatown to streetcar suburbs and discussed how public transit has shaped our city.
The tour ended at the site of the present day Highway 1 freeway widening, one of the key locations in the present day freeway revolt against the Gateway freeway megaproject.
Tour Host: Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty is a transportation and environmental planner. In his consulting business, Ecopath Planning, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts, while improving community resiliency and livability. He is active with StopThePave.org and is also on the steering committee of the Vancouver / Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians.
Palm Islands are three artificial islands, Palm Jumeirah, Deira Island and Palm Jebel Ali, on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Creation of the islands started in 2001. As of November 2011, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed. This island takes the form of a palm tree, topped by a crescent.
After completion, Palm Jebel Ali will take a similar shape. Like Palm Jumeirah, each island will be host to a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers and will add a total of 520 kilometers of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai. wikipedia
Palm Jumeirah[edit]
Main article: Palm Jumeirah
The Palm Jumeirah seen from the International Space Station.
The Palm Jumeirah (Coordinates: 25°06′28″N 55°08′15″E) consists of a tree trunk, a crown with 16 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometer-long breakwater. The island itself is five kilometers by five kilometers. It adds 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline.
Residents began moving into Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006, five years after land reclamation began.
Palm Jumeirah Monorail opened in 2009; it is connected to station 9 of the Dubai Tram (Palm Jumeirah Station).
Palm Jumeirah hosts the Atlantis hotel resort and it was opened in 2010.[1]
Palm Jebel Ali[edit]
Main article: Palm Jebel Ali
Palm Jebel Ali
The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2000 and it was supposed to be completed by October mid-2008 but has been on hold since. Palm Jebel Ali was going to be built much larger than Palm Jumeirah, but has not yet been completed.[2][3]
Environmental concerns[edit]
The construction of the Dubai Palm Islands has had a significant impact on the surrounding environment, resulting in changes to area wildlife, coastal erosion, alongshore sediment transport and wave patterns. Sediment stirred up by construction has suffocated and injured local marine fauna and reduced the amount of sunlight which filters down to seashore vegetation. Variations in alongshore sediment transport have resulted in changes in erosion patterns along the UAE coast, which has also been exacerbated by altered wave patterns as the waters of the Persian Gulf attempt to move around the new obstruction of the islands. [4][5]
Dubai's megaprojects have become a favourite cause of environmentalists. Greenpeace has criticized the Palm Islands for lack of sustainability, and Mongabay.com, a site dedicated to rain forest conservation, has attacked Dubai's artificial islands aggressively, stating that:
Significant changes in the maritime environment [of Dubai] are leaving a visual scar [... ] As a result of the dredging and redepositing of sand for the construction of the islands, the typically crystalline waters of the Persian Gulf at Dubai have become severely clouded with silt. Construction activity is damaging the marine habitat, burying coral reefs, oyster beds and subterranean fields of sea grass, threatening local marine species as well as other species dependent on them for food. Oyster beds have been covered in as much as two inches of sediment, while above the water, beaches are eroding with the disruption of natural currents. wikipedia
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project, nicknamed the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93) - the chief highway through the heart of the city - into a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel. The project also included the construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel (extending Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport), the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous I-93 elevated roadway. The construction work began in 1991 and was scheduled to be completed in 1998; it wasn’t finished until 2006. The Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling overruns, leaks, design flaws, charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials, criminal arrests and one death.
The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
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It was an excellent turnout at last night's Public Information Meeting for the Fore River Bridge Project in Weymouth. This is one of five “megaprojects” funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s Accelerated Bridge Program. MassDOT will stay engaged with the public as construction moves forward.
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A mixed-use development in South Park, Adjacent to Staples Center set on a 4.5 acre lot which previously was a parking lot with an subterranean bank vault. Developer Oceanwide is set to build two 40-story towers and a 49-story building, with 175,00 - 200,000 square feet of retail.
Elevated walkway from 16th Street BART to Mission Dolores, near-total replacement of Mission Street commercial area, replacement of large areas of existing buildings with new parks and parking lots
The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
@ifgevents #IFGInfrastructure
Construction continues on phase one of the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject (off Route 123) near the future site of the Tysons East Station in Northern Virginia. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
Dulles Metrorail Megaproject work is underway at routes 66 and 267 in Falls Church. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
Sejumlah pemuda dari Banten bersama aktivis dari Walhi Jakarta, Pena Masyarakat, Greenpeace Indonesia dan Trend Asia menggelar aksi penolakan mega proyek PLTU Jawa 9 dan 10 di depan Kedutaan Besar Korea Selatan, Jakarta, Selasa (30/6). Dalam aksi tersebut mereka mengecam keputusan KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) yang melanjutkan pendanaan megaproyek energi kotor Jawa 9 & 10, Banten dengan nilai investasi sebesar 3,2 miliar dolar Amerika. Keputusan ini sekaligus mempertegas bahwa komitmen Green New Deal Presiden Moon Jae In hanya pencitraan dan omong kosong. Dhemas Reviyanto Atmodjo/Trend Asia
A number of youths from Banten with activists from Walhi Jakarta, Pena Masyarakat, Greenpeace Indonesia and Trend Asia staged a rejection of the mega project of the Java 9 and 10 coal power plant in front of the South Korean Embassy, Jakarta, Tuesday (30/6). They condemned the decision of KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) to continue funding the Java 9 & 10 dirty energy megaprojects, Banten with an investment of 3.2 billion US dollars. This decision also emphasized that the commitment of President Moon Jae In's Green New Deal is just an empty promise. Dhemas Reviyanto Atmodjo/Trend Asia
Nieuw Babylon Den Haag
Het megaproject New Babylon naast Den Haag Centraal Station bestaat uit twee woontorens van 100 en 140 m hoog en een aantal nieuwe kantoren. Met deze nieuwbouw wordt 90.000 m2 toegevoegd aan het bestaande complex
Architect
Meyer en Van Schooten, Amsterdam
bron royalhaskoning
www.royalhaskoning.com/nl-NL/Werkvelden/StadEnGebouw/Cons...
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A mixed-use development in South Park, Adjacent to Staples Center set on a 4.5 acre lot which previously was a parking lot with an subterranean bank vault. Developer Oceanwide is set to build two 40-story towers and a 49-story building, with 175,00 - 200,000 square feet of retail.
The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
@ifgevents #IFGInfrastructure
Rail pillars go up inside the beltway on the Dulles Metrorail Megaproject.(Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
The UK needs to make a series of major strategic infrastructure decisions over the next few years, including airport capacity, climate change and energy security. Well-judged projects contribute to a successful economy – bad decisions can result in expensive mistakes.
Recent ‘megaprojects’ including High Speed 2, Hinkley Point C and the third runway at Heathrow have attracted both support and scepticism.
This event discussed whether big really is best or if smaller projects provide better value for money.
The Panel:
Bridget Rosewell OBE, Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission
Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader at Arup and former Deputy Mayor for Transport in London
Dr Ed Hoffman, Strategic Adviser at PMI and former Chief Knowledge Officer at NASA.
The event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government
We would like to thank the Project Management Institute for supporting this event.
Photos by Candice McKenzie
@ifgevents #IFGInfrastructure
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Liverpool (/ˈlɪvərpuːl/) is a city in Merseyside, England. A borough from 1207 and a city from 1880, in 2014 the city local government district had a population of 470,537[2] and the Liverpool/Birkenhead metropolitan area had a population of 2,241,000.[2]
Liverpool is in the south west of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England, on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. The town historically lay within the ancient Lancashire division of West Derby known as a "hundred".[5][6]
The urbanisation and expansion of the city were largely brought about by its advantageous location during the industrial revolution status that led to its growth as a major port, which included its participation in the Atlantic slave trade. Liverpool was the port of registry of the ocean liner RMS Titanic, and many other Cunard and White Star ocean liners such as the RMS Lusitania, Queen Mary, and Olympic. Liverpool's status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population, which, historically, was drawn from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, particularly those from Ireland. The city is also home to the oldest Black African community in the country and the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
Natives of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians (from a long-standing jocular alteration of 'Liverpool' to 'Liverpuddle') and colloquially as "Scousers", a reference to "scouse", a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect.[7]
Tourism forms a significant part of the city's modern economy. The city celebrated its 800th anniversary in 2007, and it held the European Capital of Culture title together with Stavanger, Norway, in 2008.[8] Labelled the "World Capital City of Pop" by Guinness World Records, the popularity of The Beatles, and other groups from the Merseybeat era and later, contributes to Liverpool's status as a tourist destination.
Several areas of Liverpool city centre were granted World Heritage Site status by UNESCOin 2004. The Liverpool Maritime Mercantile Cityincludes the Pier Head, Albert Dock, and William Brown Street.[9] Liverpool is also the home of two Premier League football clubs, Liverpool and Everton. Matches between the two are known as the Merseyside derby. The world-famous Grand National also takes places annually at Aintree Racecourse on the outskirts of the city.
Early history
King John's letters patent of 1207 announced the foundation of the borough of Liverpool, but by the middle of the 16th century the population was still only around 500. The original street plan of Liverpool is said to have been designed by King John near the same time it was granted a royal charter, making it a borough. The original seven streets were laid out in an H shape: Bank Street (now Water Street), Castle Street, Chapel Street, Dale Street, Juggler Street (now High Street), Moor Street (now Tithebarn Street) and Whiteacre Street (now Old Hall Street).
In the 17th century there was slow progress in trade and population growth. Battles for the town were waged during the English Civil War, including an eighteen-day siege in 1644. In 1699 Liverpool was made a parish by Act of Parliament, that same year its first slave ship, Liverpool Merchant, set sail for Africa. As trade from the West Indies surpassed that of Ireland and Europe, and as the River Dee silted up, Liverpool began to grow. The first commercial wet dock was built in Liverpool in 1715.[10][11]Substantial profits from the slave trade helped the town to prosper and rapidly grow, although several prominent local men, including William Rathbone, William Roscoe and Edward Rushton, were at the forefront of the abolitionist movement.
In the early 19th century Liverpool played a major role in the Antarctic sealing industry, in recognition of which Liverpool Beach in the South Shetland Islands is named after the city.[12]
By the start of the 19th century, a large volume of trade was passing through Liverpool, and the construction of major buildings reflected this wealth. In 1830, Liverpool and Manchesterbecame the first cities to have an intercity rail link, through the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The population continued to rise rapidly, especially during the 1840s when Irishmigrants began arriving by the hundreds of thousands as a result of the Great Famine. By 1851, approximately 25% of the city's population was Irish-born. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Liverpool was drawing immigrants from across Europe. This is evident from the diverse array of religious buildings located across the city, many of which are still in use today. The Deutsche Kirche Liverpool, Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, Gustav Adolf Church and Princes Road Synagoguewere all established in the 1800s to serve Liverpool's growing German, Greek, Nordic and Jewish communities respectively. One of Liverpool's oldest surviving churches, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, served the Polish community in its final years as a place of worship.
Given the crucial place of both cotton and slavery in the city's economy, during the American Civil War Liverpool was, in the words of historian Sven Beckert, "the most pro-Confederate place in the world outside the Confederacy itself."
20th Century
Given the crucial place of both cotton and slavery in the city's economy, during the American Civil War Liverpool was, in the words of historian Sven Beckert, "the most pro-Confederate place in the world outside the Confederacy.
20th century
The Housing Act 1919 resulted in mass council housing building across Liverpool during the 1920s and 1930s. Thousands of families were rehoused from the inner-city to new suburban housing estates, based on the pretext that this would improve their standard of living, though this is largely subjective. A large number of private homes were also built during this era. The process continued after the Second World War, with many more new housing estates being built in suburban areas, while some of the older inner city areas were also redeveloped for new homes. The Great Depression of the early 1930s saw unemployment in the city peak at around 30%.
During the Second World War there were 80 air-raids on Merseyside, killing 2,500 people and causing damage to almost half the homes in the metropolitan area. Significant rebuilding followed the war, including massive housing estates and the Seaforth Dock, the largest dock project in Britain. Much of the immediate reconstruction of the city centre has been deeply unpopular, and was as flawed as much town planning renewal in the 1950s and 1960s – the portions of the city's heritage that survived German bombing could not withstand the efforts of urban renewal. Since 1952 Liverpool has been twinned with Cologne, Germany, a city which also experienced severe aerial bombing during the war.
Like most British cities and industrialised towns, Liverpool became home to a significant number of Commonwealth immigrants after World War II, mostly settling in older inner city areas such as Toxteth. However, a significant West Indian black community had existed in the city as long ago as the first two decades of the 20th century.
In the 1960s Liverpool was the centre of the "Merseybeat" sound which became synonymous with The Beatles and fellow Liverpudlian rock bands.
From the mid-1970s onwards Liverpool's docks and traditional manufacturing industries went into sharp decline. The advent of containerisation meant that the city's docks became largely obsolete. By the early 1980s unemployment rates in Liverpool were once again among the highest in the UK,[14] standing at 17% by January 1982 – although this was just over half of the level of unemployment that was affecting the city in an economic downturn 50 years previously.[15]
In recent years, Liverpool's economy has recovered and has experienced growth rates higher than the national average since the mid-nineties.
21st Century
To celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth IIin 2002, the conservation charity Plantlifeorganised a competition to choose county flowers; the sea-holly was Liverpool's final choice.
Capitalising on the popularity of 1960s rock groups, such as The Beatles, as well as the city's world-class art galleries, museums and landmarks, tourism has also become a significant factor in Liverpool's economy.
In 2004, property developer Grosvenor started the Paradise Project, a £920 m development centred on Paradise Street, which involved the most significant changes to Liverpool's city centre since the post-war reconstruction. Renamed 'Liverpool ONE', the centre opened in May 2008.
In 2007, the city celebrated the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the borough of Liverpool, for which a number of events were planned. Liverpool is a joint European Capital of Culture for 2008. The main celebrations, in September 2008, included La Princesse, a large mechanical spider which is 20 metres high and weighs 37 tonnes, and represents the "eight legs" of Liverpool: honour, history, music, the Mersey, the ports, governance, sunshine and culture. La Princesse roamed the streets of the city during the festivities, and concluded by entering the Queensway Tunnel.
Spearheaded by the multi-billion-poundLiverpool ONE development, regeneration has continued on an unprecedented scale through to the start of the early 2010s in Liverpool. Some of the most significant regeneration projects to have taken place in the city include new buildings in the Commercial District, the King's Dock area, the Mann Island area, the Lime Street Gateway, the Baltic Triangle area, the RopeWalks area and the Edge Lane Gateway. All projects could however soon be eclipsed by the Liverpool Waters scheme which if built will cost in the region of £5.5billion and be one of the largest megaprojects in the UK's history. Liverpool Waters is a mixed use development which will contain one of Europe's largest skyscraper clusters. The project received outline planning permission in 2012, despite fierce opposition from the likes of UNESCO who claim it will have a damaging effect on Liverpool's World Heritage status.
On 9 June 2014, Prime Minister David Cameronlaunched the International Festival for Businessin Liverpool, the world's largest business event in 2014,[16] and the largest in the UK since the Festival of Britain in 1951.[17]
Second city of Empire
For periods during the 19th century the wealth of Liverpool exceeded that of London itself,[18]and Liverpool's Custom House was the single largest contributor to the British Exchequer.[19]Liverpool's status can be judged from the fact that it was the only British city ever to have its own Whitehall office.[20]
The first United States consul anywhere in the world, James Maury, was appointed to Liverpool in 1790, and remained in office for 39 years.
As early as 1851 the city was described as "the New York of Europe"[21] and its buildings, constructed on a heroic, even megalomaniacal, scale stand witness to the supreme confidence and ambition of the city at the turn of the 20th century.[22][editorializing]
Liverpool was also the site of the UK's first provincial airport, operating from 1930, and was the first UK airport to be renamed after an individual – John Lennon.[23]
Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, often seen as Britain's Imperial anthem, was dedicated by the composer to the Liverpool Orchestral Society and had its premiere in the city in October 1901.
During the Second World War, the critical strategic importance of Liverpool was recognised by both Hitler and Churchill, with the city suffering a blitz second only to London's,[24] and the pivotal Battle of the Atlantic being planned, fought and won from Liverpool.[25]
On Sunday, Nov.3, 2024, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the completion of two new elevators providing access to the street level and uptown level at the 14 St 123 subway station, marking another milestone in the 14 St Station Complex megaproject.
The 14 St Station Complex now also features new artwork by Fred Tomaselli entitled Wild Things.
Credit: MTA
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