The ambitious plans never got off the ground
Liverpool's Pier Head is the city's most recognisable image but it could have looked very different if a certain scheme had got off the ground. Defined by the elegance and grandeur of the Three Graces - the Liver Building , the Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard - the Pier Head is world famous and it is at the heart of our skyline. But it could have been the site of an 'airport of the future' if an ambitious proposal was followed.
' At the point of the article's publication, Speke Airport was in its infancy, predominantly taking passengers across the Irish Sea. It was leased to the Air Ministry in 1937 and acted as an RAF base during WWII . Its location on the edge of the city and lack of passenger services up to that point inspired the thinking of a city centre site.
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