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Pier 1 had a presence in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan from April 1996 to early 2002, and its franchised stores were operated by Akatsuki Printing Co. [11] [12] There were 5 stores by early 1997, [13] 16 by fiscal 1998, [14] and 18 by fiscal 1999, [15] but that number shrunk to just 9 by early 2000.
While statues and sculpture are dotted throughout the inner city, there are four primary groupings: inside and around St George's Hall; in St John's Gardens; [2] around the Pier Head; and around the Palm House at Sefton Park. Smaller groups are found in Old Hall Street/Exchange Flags and in and around The Oratory.
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In 1917, Pier 1 was owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, and operated bv the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, the Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co., and the Port Angeles Transportation Co, and was also the headquarters of the port warden. Pier 1 measured 840 by 120 feet (256 by 37 m), and had a warehouse measuring 840 by 100 feet (256 by 30 m ...
A line around the base of the neck is interpreted as representing the clavicles; [21] [22] [23] there is a semi-circular hollow for the suprasternal notch. Most statues on Easter Island are of a reddish tuff, [24] [25] but Hoa Hakananai'a is made from a block of dark grey-brown flow lava. [26]
The former Passenger Waiting Room of Pier 1½ was converted into an architect's waterfront office, and the bulkheads of Piers 1½ and 5 were used as professional office space. While many of the piers were demolished, Piers 1 ½, 3 and 5 remain the most visible from the Ferry Building and Market Street , still the main thoroughfare of the city.
In 1907, the Royal Liver Group had over 6,000 employees. Given the need for larger premises, the company approved the construction of a new head office. The building was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas; the foundation stone was laid on 11 May 1908 and just 3 years later, on 19 July 1911, the building was officially opened by Lord Sheffield. [5]
Nearly the entire length of the pier was paved as a two-lane road. At its end, the pier widened to accommodate vehicles waiting for a ferry. Two ferry docks were constructed. On June 16, 1927, auto ferry service began [6] [1] [7] [8] between the Berkeley Pier and the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, a pier shared with the Sausalito ferry. [9]