Liverpool is brimming with stunning buildings and architecture that bring something special to our city, and for over a century, one of those venues was a "beautiful" cinema.
The Futurist, on Lime Street, had an iconic façade, making it a prominent building in the city centre area. It originally opened in 1912 as the Lime Street Picture House and was Liverpool's first purpose-built cinema.
The venue quickly became the go-to place for get togethers with friends, families and couples to watch the latest films. It had an extravagant grand entrance foyer with a black and white tiled floor and Sicilian marble walls, and the cinema itself had 1,029 seats and a full orchestra for silent movies.
