Campaigners call for urgent meeting with mayor over future of historic cinema

Joe Anderson claimed the Futurist on Lime Street would be too expensive to save

Campaigners fighting to save a derelict cinema have called for an urgent meeting with the Mayor of Liverpool - after he claimed the building would be too expensive to save.

Mayor Joe Anderson told the ECHO earlier this week that the historic Futurist cinema on Lime Street would not be part of a regeneration masterplan for the area.

Futurist campaign leader Lesley Mullally launched the Save the Futurist campaign in September 2012.

She raised more than 1600 signatures on a petition to save the faade and enlisted the support of the mayor, who promised he would do everything he could to retain the unique frontage.

She said: "Weve had an amazing response from Liverpool people, especially creative businesses, who have given their time for free to come up with alternatives to demolition.

"Weve had incredible contributions from architects, artists, urban designers, engineers and digital media firms who believe the front of this building can still be saved and must be saved!"

She said she has written to Mayor Anderson calling for an urgent meeting with the building's owners Neptune.

The cinema has been empty since it closed in 1982.

Now campaigners have enlisted the help of local planning and digital media specialists to come up with an alternative vision for the building.

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Campaigners call for urgent meeting with mayor over future of historic cinema