Campaigners rip into Acme’s new Liverpool Street station plans

Acme Liverpool St 4

Rethink does not “justify concerns” over scrapped Herzog & de Meuron scheme, says Victorian Society-led campaign group

The campaign group which led opposition to Herzog & de Meuron’s now-scrapped plans for the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station has said it “cannot accept” Network Rail’s new vision for the site.

The Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LSSCA), which is led by Victorian Society president Griff Rhys Jones, said it was “perverse” that the project was still proposing the demolition of a large section of the station’s concourse roof to make way for a 21-storey office tower.

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