It's poorly-designed... I think also because it's cut off from St. Johns and all that because of that busy road. Oh, and perhaps the rough-n-ready people who congregate behind the Punch and Judy. Heehee.

I think Liverpool would be better focusing on green spaces and pedestrianising certain areas. Sometimes I wander down to the port in Barcelona (which was alarmingly similar to the uglier parts of Liverpool before the Olympics) and they've just got it so right -- opened up spaces, introduced traffic calming and focused on culture. It just seems every fabulous plan that Liverpool has (remember the trams?) goes the way of just lining corrupt city officials' pockets.

Hey, my dad worked for the CAB! The one in Kirkby, granted, but it was damned interesting.