Unesco World Heritage status - Blame Everton

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Do people think BMD is going to be a tourist attraction? Other than away fans and maybe gig fans not many people are going to visit the city to go out of their way to go and see it. It's too far out of the way. It might form part of the city-tours bus route but thats it really. People who visit the city to do tourism stuff only really leave the city centre to see Penny Lane/John Lennons gaff etc.
 
PaddyJames said:
Do people think BMD is going to be a tourist attraction? Other than away fans and maybe gig fans not many people are going to visit the city to go out of their way to go and see it. It's too far out of the way. It might form part of the city-tours bus route but thats it really. People who visit the city to do tourism stuff only really leave the city centre to see Penny Lane/John Lennons gaff etc.
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Of course they do dear...
 
Tigger said:
I'd rather have a thriving city for the future with a strong nod to the past than a dilapidated city appeasing these nobodies that dont have to live in Liverpool.
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Does it have to be either or though? Surely, by raising the bar for the architectural styles allowed for example, you can keep in line with the old while still expanding and building new things?

Take the Art Deco district in Miami, for example. It's famous and attracts visitors because it's unique. I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure new additions or rebuilds will have to follow some pretty strict rules to more or less match the style of the area.

That seems to be a big push these days in the US. The historic districts in towns and cities all over the country are being slowly restored, and lo and behold, people love it. It's what made those towns unique. What people don't love is going to yet another place that looks like a fecking Walmart blew up.
 
Baines' left foot said:
Anyway, this decision is probably more to do with some of the cheap looking apartment blocks that Joe Anderson and co. approved over the years.

Mann Island is alright looking in islation, but it doesn't fit the setting at all.
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It was all to do with the Liverpool Museum on the waterfront. UNESCO hated the fact it was built, iirc, just after the heritage award. They took it as a slight. Ever since, they've been chomping at the bit to remove the status. The self appointed blurts.
 

It's nothing to do with the ground, it's not even built yet!

It's a shame but it really means nothing in the grand scheme of things. Quite simply Liverpool is an active working city. It's not a Stonehenge where it is boxed off from visitors and developments, nor is it a Prague Old Town or a Venice where the area is already a tourist attraction and everything is catered for that.

Nobody really comes to Liverpool to look at the Mercantile City aspect of it. It's part of the charm but as its a fairly modern fully functioning city developments are always going to happen. History is nice but life must also go on.

Anyway BMD will gain heritage status again in 50 years time when we win our record breaking 50th title in a row.
 
PaddyJames said:
Do people think BMD is going to be a tourist attraction? Other than away fans and maybe gig fans not many people are going to visit the city to go out of their way to go and see it. It's too far out of the way. It might form part of the city-tours bus route but thats it really. People who visit the city to do tourism stuff only really leave the city centre to see Penny Lane/John Lennons gaff etc.
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And Anfield... if they are that way inclined.
 
toffee82 said:
Cycled down the Dock Road not that long ago and it's pretty grim.

I would be devastated if we started demolishing the big wall etc. but that's not happening.

Neglecting the area to maintain some type of heritage status does not make sense.
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The wall is listed. It will be staying and will be incorporated into the design which is the ideal way to do it.
 

PaddyJames said:
Do people think BMD is going to be a tourist attraction? Other than away fans and maybe gig fans not many people are going to visit the city to go out of their way to go and see it. It's too far out of the way. It might form part of the city-tours bus route but thats it really. People who visit the city to do tourism stuff only really leave the city centre to see Penny Lane/John Lennons gaff etc.
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Tourist attraction might be putting it a bit strong but IDK - the waterfront location is a big deal so given time the area could change a lot.

Have you been to the Etihad? That area was rough AF before the commonwealth games, proper survival horror. A lot of investment from City, massive training facility, plus tramline, the velodrome, rebuilt park - I mean it is in no way a tourist attraction but compared to what it was it's night and day.
 
magicjuan said:
It was all to do with the Liverpool Museum on the waterfront. UNESCO hated the fact it was built, iirc, just after the heritage award. They took it as a slight. Ever since, they've been chomping at the bit to remove the status. The self appointed blurts.
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I suppose it helped finance the museum, which also is a weird looking thing. Everton’s new stadium will be far more pleasing on the eye.

I’m not condoning their decision, but this has less to do with Everton and more to do with the city as a whole.

Stopping the filling in of an unused dock in a derelict area and preventing the construction of the main feature in the overall redevelopment of the area is nowhere near worth it.
 

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