George Miller is distracted. Five minutes into our meeting, he begs forgiveness to take a quick call. And then, on an iPad tilted in his direction, the filmmaker watches as a camera feed from the Australian outback offers him a live view of a pre-shoot for his next feature, Furiosa. His supervising stunt coordinator and second unit director, Guy Norris, whose work with Miller stretches back to 1981’s Mad Max sequel The Road Warrior, is already shooting sequences for the new film.
Inside George Best's old nightclub and former masonic hall transformed into luxury apartments
30.04.2022 - 10:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A landmark city centre building that was once home to George Best's nightclub Oscars has been transformed into stylish apartments that are now available to rent. Waldorf House on Cooper Street was originally built as the city's masonic hall back in 1863.
But in later years it was to become a hotel and then in the 1970s the nightclub Oscars co-owned by United legend Best. It went on in more recent years to become The Tiger Lounge club, which closed in 2017.
Now it has been developed as apartments - which have finally been unveiled after a spectacular multi-million pound refurbishment. We had a peak around the city centre development ahead of residents moving in in the coming weeks.
Read more : First look inside new £7mn development in Hale with homes with private rooftop gardens
Due to the Grade II listing of the building, architects had to create painstaking new designs to allow the division of 14 apartments inside. In the most dramatic room - the old masonic hall at the top of the building - new "floating" staircases have been created so as not to touch the intricate coving on the ceilings and walls.
The properties are being marketed by Manchester estate agent Julie Twist who says it's one of the most unique propositions she's ever brought to market.
She said: "We always go for the more boutique properties, ones that have a bit more interest inside and with Waldorf House you most certainly have that. It's such an interesting building and the architects have had to create a really unique design because of the Grade II listing inside so that nothing touches the walls or decor of the old masonic hall.
"It had been empty for years with no one able to see inside it, so it's quite special to now have it opened up in this
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