Proposed Site 2

Here is my second site proposal for the Honours Project.

Paradox Nightclub Clock Tower

The art-deco style clocktower on Ormskirk Road, Aintree, is all that remains of the former Vernons Pools building – which later became the Paradox nightclub.

The club, known for its dance music, was shut in 2001 amid complaints of violence and underage drinking and the rest of the building has since been knocked down.

Now sporting goods retailer SportsDirect.com has submitted an application to Sefton Council to demolish the tower, which is a listed building.

Built originally for Vernons Pools in the 1920s, the site became Paradox nightclub when the firm moved to new premises in 1991.

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2012/08/22/plans-to-knock-down-tower-at-former-paradox-nightclub-in-aintree-100252-31670156/#ixzz2916artPw

 

 

http://blog.anti-limited.com/death-of-a-nightclub-the-paradox-aintree/

 

Not much history can be found about the buildings later use as the Paradox, aside from it opened around 1992 and closed around May 2002 for 'Refurbishment', but was never reopened. The vast majority of the building was demolished around 2007, but the art-deco tower remains as it has listed status.

Here are some images taken from inside the Paradox Clocktower, pictures courtesy of 'georgie t' full post - http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?52437-Paradox-nightclub-Vernons-Pools-Clocktower

 

Vernons Pools

 

 

The club when open

 

The front of the clocktower.



I will try and find any measurments, plans, drawings or a way of gaining access to the building to take my own survey.