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In 2021 it was announced the building would be renamed to the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building .[1]
History [ edit ]
Completed in 1847 by architect Philip Hardwick the building was initially designed for use within the then newly built Albert Dock which had opened just a year prior. Failing profitability of the dock resulted in its closure post World War Two however a regeneration scheme during the 1980s saw the complex refurbished and occupied by Granada Television . After Granada relocated to neighbouring Manchester the building used briefly used by television show This Morning before buying sold on as part of a cost-cutting measure.[2]
In 2008[3] International Slavery Museum and now display some of the museum's exhibitions.[4]
Architecture [ edit ]
Set across three stories; the third of which added a year after it completion, the building is of red brick with 5 x 7 bay windows . The buildings façade features a Tuscan portico and frieze with four columns constructed of cast iron.[5]
References [ edit ]
^ Collard, Ian (2016). Liverpool in 50 Buildings . Amberley Publishing. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781445658964
^ "Museums of the People, by the People, for the People" . Museum ID . 7 October 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
^ "Sold to National Museums Liverpool! The Dock Traffic Office" . National Museums Liverpool . Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
^ "Albert Dock Traffic Office" . Historic England . Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
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