Lime Street: Campaigners to carry on fighting to save the Futurist's facade

Campaigners fighting to save the historic Futurist cinema say they will not give up after new Lime Street regeneration plans did not include the building.

Save the Futurist say they are aware of commercial interest in the site and hoped at least the facade of the 1912 building would be saved in the 35m plans.

Disappointed only part of the cinemas facade features in the new designs for Lime Street.

The group urged for the proposals to be reconsidered and said they would continue to fight their cause.

Design images for a new look Lime Street, revealed by the ECHO, have been widely criticised with Joe Anderson calling for them to be reviewed.

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A spokesman for Save the Futurist said campaigners had been left disappointed to see only part of the facade, which would be used to form a balcony overlooking Lime Street, included in the scheme.

Iain Hoskins said: We would have liked to save the whole building and saying it cant be saved is unfortunate - it can, its just economics.

We are still campaigning to save the facade of the Futurist. Adding a bit of it to the site is not really appropriate and I think, with the groundswell of support we have had over the weekend, it shocked quite a lot of people because its just a crying shame.

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Lime Street: Campaigners to carry on fighting to save the Futurist's facade