Gateway Merseyside on Rescue of 68 Hope Street
A college owned by Sir Paul McCartney has come to the rescue, saving John Lennon’s world-famous art college from being turned into apartments. Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) has struck a £3.7m deal to buy 68 Hope Street, the grade 2 listed former art college building, which famously houses the lecture hall where Lennon met his first wife, Cynthia. Managing Director of Gateway Merseyside commented this week, calling the building a “piece of Liverpool and Britain’s history.” The MD...
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