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Tallest building claim[edit]

The statement in the lead that the Royal Liver, at 300 feet, was "the tallest building in both Liverpool and the United Kingdom for over half a century" (i.e. until after 1961) sounds like complete nonsense. What about St Paul's Cathedral (365 ft), Salisbury Cathedral (404 ft), Liverpool Anglican Cathedral (330 ft)? Perhaps you mean "office building"; if so, let's have a source. Brianboulton (talk) 16:21, 15 August 2011 (UTC) This list ranks the tallest storied buildings in the United Kingdom throughout history, excluding free standing clock towers, church spires and other such structures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.126.53 (talk) 09:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gothic Inspiration?[edit]

I take issue with the article stating that the Royal Liver Building is the Gothic inspiration for the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York. First, simply by clicking on the link to the Manhattan Municipal Building, you will see that both buildings were under construction at the same time. In fact, according to the latter article, the Manhattan Municipal Building's construction started before the Royal Liver Building, so the Royal Liver Building's design could not have an influence on the Manhattan Municipal Building. Second, the Royal Liver Building is not of the Gothic style. It appears to be an Art Nouveau style building with a Renaissance Revival base. The Manhattan Municipal Building and the Seven Sisters Building in Moscow are both Neoclassical style structures, although the Manhattan building has Renaissance Revival influences. S Martin (talk) 06:51, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Light as a bird?[edit]

This was the head office of an insurance company. 92.25.137.206 (talk) 15:29, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weird justification[edit]

Reading "both birds are chained to the domes upon which they stand; although this could simply be because the originally gilded Liver birds", you wonder whether it's because the statues are valuable, or perhaps prone to become loose? No, it turns out they're chained there because they're quite big and have seaweed in their beaks. So my question is this: the word "because" is supposed to introduce an explanation, so could someone please tell me how this "explanation" explains anything? 82.33.76.247 (talk) 07:42, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Does NOT resemble the Allegheny Courthouse[edit]

I almost choked when I read the statement that the Royal Liver Building resembled the Allegheny (PA-USA) Courthouse. Not even close. The Royal Liver Building is neo-classical, whereas the Allegheny Courthouse Richardson Romanesque. The towers are different, the facing stone is different and the Royal Liver Building is taller, and has two towers as opposed to the courthouse which has one. The courthouse has an irregular footprint, the Royal Liver is more restrained. Finally the Allegheny Courthouse is a product of a movement in the Victorian era, the Royal Liver Building is an Edwardian era building. The comparison should be removed as it is unsourced, and POV based. 174.172.141.40 (talk) 15:59, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't claim to know much about architecture; I'm guessing whoever wrote that was drawing similarities around shape of the windows of the buildings.

That aside, the text is unsourced and is not WP:NPOV, so I've removed it. LicenceToCrenellate (talk) 23:31, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]