Liverpool in fight to save waterfront’s heritage status

City’s leaders plead with Unesco to look again at Three Graces’ place on world list Liverpool’s historic waterfront looms large in the British imagination. Whether what comes to mind are the imposing facades of the Three Graces – those emblems of imperial grandeur, the Royal Liver, Cunard and Port of Liverpool buildings – or perhaps just the sound of 1960s band Gerry and the Pacemakers singing Ferry Cross the Mersey, there is plenty to sing about, without even menti