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Nightsky · #5 Posted **Aug 10, 2017, 11:37 AM**

WILLIAM BROWN STREET, CULTURAL QUARTER, ST JOHN’S GARDENS:
- Central Library, World Museum, Lime Street Station, St George's Hall, Hope Street, Walker Art Gallery, County Session House, Empire Theatre, Wellington Column, Steble Fountain, Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Radio City Tower, Clayton Square, Williamson Square

At William Brown Street there is a large concentration of historical public buildings, in the east part of the city centre. It was named after the philantropist William Brown and is sometimes called the Cultural Quarter.
Lime St Station from 1836 is the largest railway station in Liverpool, and the world's largest grand terminus station still in use. This is where we arrived from Manchester in the evening. The station is fronted by the impressive French renaissance style North Western Hotel. Opposite the station you find a square with the imposing St George's Hall, that is one of the world's finest neo-classical buildings and contains concert halls and law courts. Here you also find the Cenotaph, Walker Art Gallery, Empire Theatre, the Wellington Column, the historical neo-classic County Sessions House from 1884, but most significant of all is the Central Library, another neo-classical building that features a futuristic atrium and a terrace with great views. The building, completed in 1860, was completely modernized inside in 2013, but its historical exterior remains. Part of the same building, that is called William Brown Library and Museum, is also the World Museum. In front of the building stands the black Steble Fountain from 1879 with its sculptures. Right next is the beautiful St John's Gardens with its trees, flowers and fountains. St John's Beacon is the high circular observation deck of the Radio City Tower, situated nearby. The radio tower is 125m tall and was built in 1965. The observation deck is open to public, we shot many of the skyline photos there. The tower stands next to the quite dull mall Clayton Square, and Williamson Square, where you find small older townhouses with pubs and bars. Many of Liverpool's double decked buses, that in contrary to London's are blue (some green and yellow as well), passes by this area. In the part immediately to the East you find many music stores, music bars, pubs and restaurants. Britannia Adelphi Hotel is a large hotel between Lime St and Mt. Pleasant.

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Wellingtons Column 02 by Nightsky, on Flickr

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