Originally Posted by
liver
Just been reading the criteria for our gaining World heritage status on the UNESCO web site.
There was a lot of importance place on the docks and there creation.
I felt it was my duty to bring to their attention the greed that is threatening the docks very existance. I hope they understand their duty to protect!!!
Yep:
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Comparative evaluation
The nomination document presents a good studycomparing Liverpool as a significant port city within the British Empire. It is seen in relation to other British ports, such as London, Hull, Bristol and Glasgow, as well as various port cities in other countries, including Hamburg, Marseille, Barcelona, Baku, Bombay, New York, St. Petersburg and Shanghai. Note is also taken of ports
already inscribed on the World Heritage List. The latest of these is Valparaíso, which was inscribed in 2003.
ICOMOS concurs with the conclusions of the study, which has shown that the qualities and values of Liverpool clearly distinguish its outstanding universal value in relation to the others, both in terms of its maritime
mercantile function and its architectural and cultural significance.
General statement:
The proposed nomination of Liverpool consists of selected areas in the historic harbour and the centre of the city, defined as ‘the supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain's greatest global influence’.
Brief Description
Six areas in the historic centre and docklands of the maritime mercantile City of Liverpool bear witness to the development of one of the world’s major trading centres in the 18th and 19th centuries. Liverpool played an important role in the growth of the British Empire and became the major port for the mass movement of people, e.g. slaves and emigrants from northern Europe to America. Liverpool was a pioneer in the development of modern dock technology, transport systems, and port management. The listed sites feature a great number of significant commercial, civic and public buildings, including St George’s Plateau.
Justification for Inscription
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Criterion (ii): Liverpool was a major centre generating innovative technologies and methods in dock construction and port management in the 18th and 19th centuries. It thus contributed to the building up of the international mercantile systems throughout the British Commonwealth.
Criterion (iii): the city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to the building up of the British Empire. It was a centre for the slave trade, until its abolition in 1807, and to emigration from northern Europe to America.
Criterion (iv): Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development of global trading and cultural connections throughout the British Empire.
http://whc.unesco.org/archive/adviso...ation/1150.pdf
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100,000s left Waterloo Docks to the Americas. Many, many millions in the American can trace their ancestors leaving from these quays. And a developer wants to fill them to make a swift buck.
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