Liverpool’s regeneration: Fate of the Futurist ignites row over city’s past

By 2016-08-26T07:29:00

The Futurist Cinema

The demolition of Lime Street’s neo-baroque Futurist cinema highlights the misguided attitude to heritage and economic growth that prevails in Liverpool’s corridors of power, writes Ike Ijeh. The irony is that few cities offer better examples of what can be done when conservation-led regeneration is harnessed to high-quality contemporary architecture

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