Futurist

Lime Street will close today (30 August) ahead of a £39 million regeneration project with several road diversions coming into place. The work, which will see the major centre city thoroughfare shut for up to three weeks, will involve the remaining frontages on Lime Street being taken down and the closure of Bolton ... Read More...

Parts of the Futurist’s façade were salvaged when demolition work was carried out on the historic Liverpool cinema. Contractors began dismantling the picture house building on Tuesday (9 August), but a council spokesperson confirms that pieces of its art deco signage and pediment were preserved. The Futurist had to be demolished to ... Read More...

The developer behind Liverpool’s Lime Street regeneration plans says it is time to “get on with remaking one of our most important streets” following a Court of Appeal decision on the scheme. Neptune Developments is looking to press ahead with its mixed-use transformation of the city’s gateway area after the court ... Read More...

Part of Lime Street in Liverpool city centre will remain closed until midnight on 31 May while essential safety work continues on the former Futurist cinema. Structural experts were aiming to make the shell of the historic building secure by 6am today (26 May), but the procedure has taken longer than ... Read More...

Part of Liverpool’s Lime Street is closed from today (23 May) as work gets underway to make the former Futurist Cinema safe. Fears that the now derelict picturehouse is in danger of collapsing have been mounting over recent weeks, prompting the latest measures to carefully remove unstable pieces of the structure. The road ... Read More...

Neptune Developments, the company behind proposals to regenerate Lime Street, has welcomed the news that heritage campaigners have been granted permission to oppose the demolition of a historic cinema building in the area. The firm's managing director Steve Parry has issued a statement backing the court’s decision, claiming that it will ... Read More...

Urgent repair work is being carried out on the derelict Futurist Cinema after an inspection showed it is in danger of collapse. A cordon was placed around the site on Friday evening (15 April) with the pavement around the much-loved landmark was closed off. Building safety inspectors have discovered that the ... Read More...