Liverpool deserve to lose UNESCO World Heritage Status

Waterhouse

In this article we’ll take a bike

Tour around the unesco designated area of central liverpool and we’ll look at how dresden has suffered since delisting.

We’ll ask the question: We’re going to go on a tour around the UNESCO designated area and we’ll start in the docks to the north. This is Stanley Dock. On the left, the Titanic Hotel and on the right, the Tobacco Warehouse

Victorian façade

There's a special atmosphere on the Edge

I've chosen nine mysteries from the MCR

Area and we get to solve a couple of them, for instance who is the princess after whom princess road was named? others remain unsolved.

Construction sites, planned, in progress

I went on a tour on my Brompton bike around Liverpool's construction sites

planned, in progress, completed or stalled. It was an eye-opener, or as we say in German, es war ein 'Aha-Erlebnis' it. German 'aha!' experience

Current and future construction projects

Building Boom

Our cycle ride to view construction projects will take us north on Wilmslow Road

along the so-called Oxford Rd corridor and into the heart of Manchester city centre. We'll look at plans for the Toast Rack, visit a new groundscraper and on this site, I'll conjure up an architecturally significant building, constructed in 1911 and needlessly destroyed in 1974

Former warehouse

I've flown from here to New York

A many times, including via thomas cook airlines, now sadly gone.

Other airlines are opening up with new routes, including Aer Lingus, I'd love to take that flight. In this article we'll look at the hidden connections between Manchester and New York, we'll explore the similarities in architecture, we'll capture the streets in the Northern. Quarter that became New York for film shoots and the roads in Trafford Park with New York-style street names

Concourse House the city’s worst eyesore

Era very different from our own

Concourse House was demolished

New development in Stockport, my home base.

I don’t use the language of architects, town planners or marketing professionals. I just use layman’s language along with simple photographs, articleclips and a few sketches

European architectural mainstream

The superb art deco architecture

of the old Liverpool Speke Airport only gets a brief mention in Wikipedia. And yet this 1930s Grade II listed terminal building is part of the architectural mainstream, influenced by German and Dutch airport design, as well as North American. It's showcased with some superb photos in an excellent book I recently acquired and used as source material for this article

Mixture of residential and industrial

Cathedral is not only an Awe-inspiring place of worship

but it’s also the best place to enjoy high-level views over the city region.

In this aerial tour of 111 landmarks and significant places seen from the tower, we learn a lot about Liverpool’s rich, complicated and often surprising history and identity. Before you visit, check the website for opening hours and maybe phone up on the day. I’ve included ten quiz questions, so watch to the end of the article to check your answers

Historic dock and warehouse

Some construction sites were paused or abandoned

Architecture is magnificent

Manchester’s more unusual attractions,

There are three pools, one covered over, but you can’t swim here. It’s only open on certain dates for events such as vintage fairs, concerts, workshops and more

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