Blackies Building, Regent Road, Liverpool

[stanmapstone]

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Yes, That is one theory,    but equally a lot  of commercial and office buildings  are named as "Somebodies Buildings"
Particularly in Liverpool  there are   many famous  buildings.  For example:  Liver Buildings,  Cunard Buildings, Fowlers Building,  Municipal Building.

I did say

Blakie's Buildings was a row of houses on Regent Road. It was common for a row of houses on a main road to be called Buildings and given a separate name, usually  from the name of the builder, the owner or one of the occupiers.

[Blue70]

Here's an 1890 map I'm still struggling to make sense of the layout of the residential properties.


Blue

[ScouseBoy]

Perhaps they had shop fronts with living accommodation in the upper stories.

[ScouseBoy]

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Stan

  But which newspaper title, at which date  and which page are you citing as your primary evidence, Please.

[SByrne]

That map is fascinating and yes, trying to wrap my head around it myself. I believe my own family lived at what I believe is 21 Blackie's Building according to the 1881 Census. The large number of families living there was what led me to first believe it was some kind of tenement building.

With so many families, it really must have been a very different place in comparison to Regent Street today. 

[ScouseBoy]

It would be bustling with activity.  Horse drawn vehicles.  a lot of dock traffic.    A lot of wealth, but also a lot of squalor and poverty.

[stanmapstone]

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Stan

  But which newspaper title, at which date  and which page are you citing as your primary evidence, Please.

Just search for Blackies Buildings

[stanmapstone]

Here's an 1890 map I'm still struggling to make sense of the layout of the residential properties.


Blue

URL http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/england/northwest/zoomify149419.html
The properties in Blackie's Buildings outlined in black are three stories.
Stan