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The Pollocks might have surprised you. I too was bored by them as seen in print or screen, until I finally saw one in person. You have to realize they're three-dimensional, layer upon layer, and the final effect is quite engrossing.
Ditto that, Fnarf.
I would like to go just about everywhere that DG goes, but there is absolutely no hope of keeping up! Great description. And I like Liverpool people too. (Just never mention Manchester to them).
"it's only ten minutes up the waterfront" - Scouse humour at its best!
Seacombe... is in Wallasey, my home town... excellent write up.
That 'Dazzle' ferry - I thought it was an escapee from the Tate Liverpool! I think it looks good. My husband reckons a U-boat should come and torpedo it as a public service. Sorry.
There are plans to extend the International Slavery Museum into the Dock Office: the large pillared building you see as you enter the Albert Dock. Unfortunately they're still in the "fundraising" stage.

Can't believe you didn't hear Ferry 'Cross The Mersey once. You missed out on so much (mental trauma).
When was the name "The Three Graces" first applied to the Pier Head buildings?
I was at Liverpool University from 1977-1980; I have several city guide books from that time - none use the phrase, and I don't remember it used until (probably) Michael Heseltine and the Garden Festival, a few years later.
Steve Bird's question intrigued me, so I went and did some investigation.

Wikipedia says "since at least 2000" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Head), citing a rail guide published in December of that year.

Searching through the newspaper archives I have access to suggests that use of the phrase took off the the early 2000s - the earliest that I could find was in the Financial Times on Wednesday May 3rd 2000 (Sheila Jones, 'Twin towers may grace Liverpool Skyline' in Financial Times 34207 (03/05/2000), p.2).

Various books and articles in the early 2000s do describe the term as "recent", but none explain where it came from.

I'm in good company trying to look this up, judging by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pier_Head - I'd wondered about the Canova connection as well.
I lived there until 1996 and never heard the term 'Graces' used, though it was common to refer to the three buildings together. A bit of noughties marketing branding that, unlike some [Midtown, on DG posts passim, we hope], seems to have gained popular acceptance.

Enjoyed reading an outsider view on my hometown. The waterfront was no doubt plenty for a day trip but there's plenty more to it inland, less touristy and more the usual kind of DG locale! Woolton, West Derby, Formby, "Another Place"...










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