If you want to see just how far Liverpool has come since hosting the Capital of Culture Year, there is probably no better place to start than down by the Mersey. The central area of the city has managed to pull off that delicate balancing act of keeping the best of the old while shoe- horning in the latest facilities. 'Liverpool One' shopping complex has attempted to create that most elusive of design tricks -creating street precincts rather than the usual central block system of the 1970s, only time will tell if their efforts have hit the mark, but all in all the place looks very spick-and-span. Yes, Liverpool has scrubbed up very nicely.

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