Old Paradise Street.
It’s not always been Paradise on Paradise
Take a walk down Paradise Street of old and see whats changed over the years…
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- This chapel stood on the corner of Paradise Street and was turned into a theatre in later years
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- The laying of the foundation stone for the Sailors home
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- A picture of Paradise Street we have, but without a date. Any ideas?
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- The Customs house as seen from Salt House dock
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- The Customs house – our biggest architectural war loss
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- The Customs house
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- The Customs house pillars
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- The Customs house’s basements after demolition following severe bomb damage during WWII. Lots of people think it could have been saved.
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- Remains of the Customs house
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- Coronation gardens – a temporary area on the corner of Paradise Street which sustained heavy bomb damage during WWII
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- This anatomy museum was on Paradise Street long before the bodyworks exhibition took place
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- Whitechapel showing Bunny’s department store in the background
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- Bunny’s was a department store that stood on the corner of Church Street and Whitechapel, directly opposite Paradise Street
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- The Sailors home
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- Next to the Sailors home was this structure, which today serves as a sub station for electricity
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- A great loss, the Sailors home was demolished in the 1970s only for the area to stand abandoned for 30 years
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- Coopers row on Paradise Street
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- The Queens theatre
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- A view of the Sailors home from Duke Street. The John Lewis building stands in it’s place today
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- The old Paradise Street bus station
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- The Moat house hotel and Paradise Street bus station
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- Remeber how cold the old bus station used to be before they closed up the concourse?!
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- This Argos was built and demolished within 5 years
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- Demolition of buildings along Paradise Street to make way for Liverpool ONE
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- Demolition of the old Moat house hotel underway in preparation for Liverpool ONE
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