Talk:Albion House, Liverpool

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Talk:Albion House,Liverpool. I was informed that this building was reproduced and became Scotland Yard, in London (which appears to be true) and Police Headquarters in Calcutta, which does NOT appear to be true! Any info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.40.65 (talk • contribs) 06:52, 12 April 2007

Looking at this Image:New-Scotland-Yard-Victorian-building-Big-Ben-1890.jpg picture, then yes, it does look like Albion House. Not sure if it is an exact reproduction or ijust in the same style, however it does look exactly the same from the picture.--NeilEvans 13:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it doesn't look like Calcutta Police HQ [1], but it doesn't look much like Scotland Yard, either. They have the same-style Roman brickwork [2], but then, so do a lot of buildings [3]. Swanny18 (talk) 17:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PS It looks as if any similarity is due to them being by the same architect; and Scotland Yard was six years earlier, so if anything copied anything... Swanny18 (talk) 17:26, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[[4]] calls it a "carbon copy" of the London buiding.--Quinbus Flestrin (talk) 21:37, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right; I was going by Neil's picture, but from the angle in yours it's a dead ringer. (well, the right-hand side, anyway).Swanny18 (talk) 16:41, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PS it's probably worth having it on the article page, for comparison; I've put in an external link. Swanny18 (talk) 16:47, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The building was designed by Norman Shaw, who had previously designed Scotland Yard. Mr Ismay saw the building whilst taking a stroll along the Thames. This building made such a strong impact upon him he decided to employ Mr Shaw to replicate this design in Liverpool, as his new head office for the White Star Line. There is a lot more to this story, but in general that is why these buildings look so alike,

Dubious

I've removed this:
"Due to its distinctive brickwork, it is locally known as the "streaky bacon" building"
Sez who? I have never heard anyone call it that, not even made-up in some publication somewhere. And anyway, it'd need a pretty good citation to be here. Swanny18 (talk) 17:11, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]