Post & Echo Building
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The Post & Echo Building is located at 95 Old Hall Street in Liverpool
city centre, England
, and houses the headquarters of the Liverpool Echo
and Daily Post
newspapers. It is also known as Metropolitan House and as City Tower. The building was completed in 1974, and used as the headquarters of Merseyside County Council. It is a brutalist
-style building that stands 73 metres (239.5 ft) tall with 18 storeys, making it the joint-tenth tallest building in the city. The upper half of the building is primarily occupied by office space, whilst the lower parts house the newspapers' printing rooms and distribution centre.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
city centre, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and houses the headquarters of the Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Saturday, and is Liverpool's evening newspaper while its sister paper, the Liverpool Daily Post, is the morning paper...
and Daily Post
Liverpool Daily Post
The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Friday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is a morning paper...
newspapers. It is also known as Metropolitan House and as City Tower. The building was completed in 1974, and used as the headquarters of Merseyside County Council. It is a brutalist
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
-style building that stands 73 metres (239.5 ft) tall with 18 storeys, making it the joint-tenth tallest building in the city. The upper half of the building is primarily occupied by office space, whilst the lower parts house the newspapers' printing rooms and distribution centre.