'Stop the Rot' is a campaign launched in October 2000 by the Liverpool Echo newspaper with the aim of rescuing and preserving the rich architectural heritage of Liverpool and the greater Merseyside area. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 The campaign was launched when part of the Casartelli Building in Hanover Street in Liverpool, collapsed, and this building subsequently became the symbol of the campaign. The Casartelli Building, built 1760 was a grade II* Listed building at the meeting of Hanover Street and Duke Street Liverpool,. Hanover Street has the following meanings ''Hanover Street'' (film, a World War II aviation film Hanover Street (Baltimore, a major street Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary
The first meeting of the 'Stop the Rot' committee was held in April 2001 and at that stage there were 11 sites listed by the campaign as most at risk. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Later that year Liverpool City Council made a commitment to appoint a buildings at risk officer in partnership with English Heritage. See City of Liverpool for other meanings Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of
Added impetus for the campaign was created by Liverpool being named as the 2008 European City of Culture and a wish for the city to present the best image possible for the expected influx of tourists and visitors. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one Calendar year during which it is given a chance to showcase its Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel
Currently 16 sites remain within the focus of the campaign and at risk. These are as follows: