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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jess Molyneux & Charlotte Hadfield

Liverpool's iconic Liver Building and how it changed the face of our city forever

Liverpool boasts many well-known and impressive landmarks - and the Royal liver Building is no exception.

Once dubbed Britain's first 'skyscraper,' the Grade II listed building is 98m high and first opened on July 19, 1911. Designed by W Aubrey Thomas, the building was one of the earliest examples of a multi-storey concrete building ever erected and cost £533,000 to build – which is more than £50m in today’s money.

One of the Three Graces, along with The Cunard Building and The Port of Liverpool Building, it is famous for being part of the iconic skyline that our city is renowned for. And more recently, the world saw the Liverpool treasure on the big screen in the latest reboot for DC’s caped crusader, The Batman.

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