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Day 10 - Liver Building
Day 10 - Liver Building
Sweetlittlepixie


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

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Comments: 15
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 The Royal Liver Building is one of the city of Liverpool's most recognisable landmarks. It stands at 90 metres (295 feet) and has 13 floors. Since its completion in 1911, it has overlooked the River Mersey from its waterfront location on the Pier Head, and forms one of the 'three graces' along with the Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building.

It was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas, and is one of the earliest examples of multi-storey reinforced concrete construction. This is reflected in the building's Grade 1 Listed Building status.

The building is crowned by a pair of clock towers from which a ship's crew could tell the time as it passed en route along the river. The clock faces are actually larger than that of London's famous landmark, Big Ben, and hold the distinction of being the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK. In 1953, electronic chimes were installed to serve as a memorial to the members of the Royal Liver Friendly Society who died during the two World Wars. At night-time, the clock dials are illuminated.
Atop each tower stand the mythical Liver Birds, designed by Carl Bernard Bartels.

Popular legend has it that while one giant bird looks out over the city to protect its people, the other bird looks out to sea at the new sailors coming in to port.

The building remains the head office for the Royal Liver Friendly Society.

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 04/07/2007 07:04:18 PM
Just love all the details. Cool story about the birds!
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 02/14/2007 08:19:23 AM
thats a great building love the architecture.
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 02/12/2007 03:00:18 PM
Well done shot and interesting caption.
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 02/11/2007 05:18:20 PM
Very interesting perspective, I really like it. The contrast between the buildings and the bright blue sky work really well. Very good image!
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 02/11/2007 05:00:37 PM
Beautiful building and that blue sky is awesome!
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 02/11/2007 03:28:04 PM
Great shot and I'm glad you gave us all the details.
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 02/11/2007 12:37:13 PM
Clean and wonderful shot. Thanks for sharing all the info.
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 02/11/2007 11:37:02 AM
Looks to have been a gorgeous day! Nice perspective and a very good look at the building. Thanks for the history behind it, too!
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 02/11/2007 11:27:29 AM
This is AWWWWWESOME!!!! It's so clean and sharp. Beautiful blue sky. And the angle/composition you used enhance its size and shows off the architecture even more! Absolutely GORGEOUS!

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 02/11/2007 11:17:54 AM
wow, awesomw capture of this historic building !
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 02/11/2007 11:09:22 AM
Fantastic perspective. I love where the clock is positioned and the crispness of the sky behind the building.
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 02/11/2007 10:37:20 AM
Your colors and amount of detail captured are really great. I really like how the birds appear to be ready to take off into the beautiful sky but they are tied down to the building.
Very nice.
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 02/11/2007 09:03:29 AM
Amazing building!
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 02/11/2007 06:41:05 AM
nice capture. very nice angle, i like the POV. the colour composition is great, i like the blue of the sky.
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 02/11/2007 06:39:52 AM
I love the angel of this. This is an awesome building and you have caputred it well.
Thanks for sharing it and posting the history of the building i am really enjoying the challenge.
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