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A new mosaic dedicated to the late Beatle John Lennon will soon be open to the public.The Salvation Army’s Strawberry Field, based in Woolton, has released pictures of the monument which is inspired by the ‘Imagine’ mosaic in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields in New York.The city’s replica measures 6.4 metres in diameter – larger than its American cousin – and covers the entire floor of the Strawberry Field bandstand. It is made up of 390,000 tiles.READ MORE: Thomas Cashman murder trial updates as jury continue deliberationsThe mosaic was made from selected marble and pieced together by four expert artists, taking over 15 weeks to make with each piece being laid onto the resin backing by hand.Liverpool-based father and son tiling company, Eye of the Tiler Ltd, pieced together and installed the mosaic on the floor of the bandstand.

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Source: John Lennon New York ‘Imagine’ mosaic to be replicated in Liverpool – Liverpool Echo