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Book specifications:
232 pages with 340 colour photographs presented in a slip case
ISBN: 0-9531995-8-4
Retail price £25.00, €40 and US$60
Size 240mm x 240mm - hardback
A limited edition slipcased edition is available from the publisher direct or the distributor, please email for details.
First published in 2004 by Guy Woodland as a Cities500 project and edited by Lew Baxter.
Book Forewords (PDF):
Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Foreword 3
Book Press Release / Media Coverage (PDF):
Liverpool (UNESCO) - World Heritage City
In July 2004 UNESCO conferred World Heritage status on the UK maritime city of Liverpool, a decision that has helped the city transform its image.
The book was officially launched during a lavish, civic reception in Liverpool Town Hall attended by the UK Minister for Heritage. It has now been distributed worldwide.
That UNESCO decision to confer World Heritage status on Liverpool has confirmed that it is beyond question one of the great cities of the world, and it now joins the ranks of other magnificent sites of international acclaim including Sydney's Opera House, Cologne Cathedral, the Acropolis in Athens and the historic quarter of the Pacific seaport of Valparaiso in Chile.
Within 48 hours of the dramatic announcement being made in the Chinese city of Suzhou, Cities500 delivered this special photo essay book to mark the event; and we successfully managed to fly special advance copies of the 230 plus page book from our printing house -Bookprint - in Barcelona to Liverpool, in what it regarded as a trail-blazing project - almost breaking publishing records.
This wonderful photographic essay book explores the city through the eyes and words of people who live, work and play there. It features page after page of panoramic photographs highlighting Liverpool's glorious architectural heritage.
But equally it includes profiles of people who were born in the city and those who came, fell in love with its admittedly frequently anarchic stance - a terrific racial melange that makes it such a fascinating and challenging place to live, work or visit.
The chairman of English Heritage, Sir Neil Cossons, is convinced that Liverpool's future is intimately bound up with the celebration of its distinguished past, as he writes in one of the celebratory forewords to the book. A further warm tribute was contributed by His Grace The Duke of Westminster.
And British Prime Minister Tony Blair considers the UNESCO title so important for the UK that he penned a special personal message in the principal foreword commenting: 'Liverpool is a vibrant city. It continues to flourish as a resonant and resourceful place and owes much of its regeneration and success to the spirit and tenacity of the people in its communities.'