Liverpool - Albert Dock

Must-see attractions nearby: Albert Dock Walker Art Gallery Tate Gallery Anglican Cathedral St George's Hall Liverpool Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum

A square block five stories high surrounds the harbor basin, where once cotton, tobacco and sugar were unloaded. The enormous brick buildings by the Victorian engineer Jesse Hartley (1824-1860) are built around an arcaded walkway, its cast Tuscan columns were capstans for mooring the ships. The decoratively restored warehouses with their luxury apartments, designer boutiques, offices, restaurants, cafes and museums are a prime example of "gentrification", a phenomena which can also be witnessed in London, Manchester and Glasgow, whereby decaying inner cities are restored to provide recreational amenities.