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- ↑ Buildings at Risk Initiative Liverpool, UK: Analytical Case Study Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine , European Programme for Sustainable Urban Development, October 2010 (pdf), pp. 6, 9. Casartelli Building, p. 13.
- ↑ Ian Weir, "Saving Face: Facade-retention methods in Liverpool's derelict terraces", BuildingConservation.com, retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ Liverpool Vision City Centre Development Update 9 Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine , May 2003 (pdf) p. 20, pdf p. 6: "The Liverpool Echo's long-running 'Stop the Rot' campaign has highlighted the scale of the problem and generated an unprecedented level of popular support."
- ↑ "ECHO’s Stop the Rot campaign praised at national Georgian architecture awards", Liverpool Echo 19 November 2011.
- ↑ National praise for Ropewalks, News, Liverpool City Council, 17 November 2011, retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ Wellington Rooms, Liverpool, Heritage Works, retrieved 30 November 2011: "a key public landmark identified by Liverpool City Council in its 'Stop-the-Rot' campaign."
- ↑ "The Florrie: Saving a Liverpool Icon" Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Nerve 6, Summer 2005.
