Briefing

Liverpool Street station was saved once before. Can campaigners do it again?

2023-03-20T11:04:00

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Source: Bishopsgate Institute

As the battle over Sellar’s plans to overhaul Liverpool Street hots up, Daniel Gayne delves into the archive to find out about the original 1970s campaign to save the Victorian station

When the Shard developer Sellar revealed its plans to radically redevelop Liverpool Street last year – proposals which would see much of the existing station demolished and 10 storeys of office space built over the top of the grade-II listed Andaz hotel – heritage groups were quick to mobilise.

After all, this was a battle they had fought before.  

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