page_title: The Futurist Cinema
section_title: The end of an era
hierarchical_section_title: The Futurist Cinema / History / The end of an era
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the facade of the cinema
context_page_description: The Futurist Cinema was a cinema located in Lime Street, Liverpool. Opened as Lime Street Picture House in 1912, the cinema operated until closing in 1982. Unable to find a new owner it was left to decline. It was demolished in 2016 after a court battle over the controversial plans for redevelopment of the area.
context_section_description: In 1954 Twentieth Century Fox leased the Futurist & showed cinema scope films for the first time in Liverpool showing wide screen films, This continued until 1960 when they relinquished control & ABC took it over for £135,000; they spent a further £50,000 on upgrades, reducing the seating capacity to 870. ABC reopened the Futurist in July 1960 and kept control of it until its closure in 1982. ABC owned 12 cinemas in Liverpool including the Scala & the Forum. Both the Scala & the Futurist were closed to make way for the Forum's new multi screen cinema.
  The closures were blamed on the shortage of good films, video market, the recession and unemployment. The building subsequently fell into a state of dilapidation. A number of plans for the Futurist were proposed including:
  Lifestyle LTD in Jan 1984, 18 months after its closure, plans were put forward to turn the Futurist into a 1920s style nightclub
  The Skelhorne Triangle
caption: A view of the facade taken in December 2012
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