Liverpool’s Three Graces must be blushing with shame about their shoddy treatment | Rowan Moore

The city has become the site of a battle between preservation and private propertyWhen Unesco decided last week to strip Liverpool of its world heritage status, its action was widely seen as a conflict between a remote bureaucracy and the city’s valiant efforts to regenerate its postindustrial zones. “Liverpool’s waterfront has flourished without Unesco’s support and will do so again,” wrote the Liverpool Echo’s head of sport, David Prentice, and he spoke for