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After a decade in the balance, Liverpool’s world heritage status has been revoked. At its 44th annual conference, the Unesco World Heritage International Committee voted to demote Liverpool’s city centre and waterfront site. The United Nations organisation cites what appear to be irreconcilable differences on how the city should develop around its heritage.
Preserving that is of the greatest importance. Liverpool, after all, is not just a handsome city that played a key role in the UK’s development, but was also at the heart of the international mercantile system of the 18th and 19th centuries and a centre for the darkest aspects of empire. The transatlantic slave trade remains written into its waters.
The row between the city and the UN, however, is about what Liverpool is to be, now. As Michael Parkinson, who has studied the city for 40 years, writes, it cannot be seen as a museum or a monument. Decades of socio-economic decline and tenacious renaissance have seen docks abandoned, refilled and dreamt upon. Bramley Dock is to house Everton FC’s new home, bringing in jobs, funds and fans. Will Unesco’s deletion hamper the city’s bid for
renewal or spur it along?
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Dale Berning Sawa
Acting commissioning editor, Cities and Young People
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Liverpool’s challenge has been to restore its historic docklands while investing in contemporary city life.
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Michael Parkinson, University of Liverpool
Preserving the cultural heritage of a city like Liverpool has to be reconciled with investing in its residents' futures.
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