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Report - ABC Cinema - Liverpool - Fab 22

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Bikin Glynn

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ABC Cinema

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Evening all, another one from the archives, honestly I had to search one of my own pics to remember what this place was lol.
I believe I went here with my maiun noin forum exploring mate, around the same time as everyone else but is nicer than I remember though.

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Stolen history from @Liverpool Urbex (sorry dude Im having a lazy Sun night)

The grade two listed ABC designed by William R. Glen and Alfred Ernest Shennan was built and opened in 1931 for £200,000 as the “Forum Cinema”.

“The auditorium, in a semi-Atmospheric style, depicted Venetian scenes, contains an amazing proscenium treatment consisting of a vast curved canopy over the arch and the side boxes. Indirect light light was a feature, except for a huge ‘sunburst’ light fitting above the balcony.
A shallow stage was provided together with a Compton 3Manual/12Ranks organ on a lift in front of the stage, which was opened by organist Reginald Foort.
Because of the relatively small width of the site the 1,835 capacity was achieved by having a huge circle containing 750 of the seats.
It was re-named ABC from 17th February 1971 and due to its opulence and excellent location the cinema survived intact until 1982 when it was converted to a three screen operation by installing two mini-cinemas under the balcony seating 272 and 217 seats.


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From 1986 it had been re-named Cannon. It closed on 29th January 1998 with a special screening of Humphrey Bogart in “Casablanca”, when a special admission fee of 50p was charged.
There were proposals to convert the building into a conference centre, but these stalled and the building has stood empty since closing. Proposals were put forward in late-2007 to convert it into a ‘boutique’ hotel and supper club, with plans going to Liverpool City Council in July 2008 and if permission was granted, work could start in late-2008. The building remained unused and was de-tripled in 2016. 22 years after closing, the building still sits unused in 2020.”


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Bikin Glynn

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They left it open for ages amd it got fucked, disgrace the way this building has been handled by the city considering its one of the first you see off the train.

Always the way unfortunately.
To b fair that one on dingle street is much worse, I couldn't find anything worth photographing in there lol.
 

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