The ECHO has taken a look down the quiet residential city centre streets that are being dwarfed by new developments.
Off Paradise Street is Liverpool city centre is a clutch of residential roads including Maritime Way, Upper Frederick Street and Forrest Street.
The location here is second to none; some of the city's best shops, restaurants, bars and historic sites are on the doorstep and there are stunning views of the Anglican Cathedral and Radio City Tower.
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The land was once home to tenement buildings and houses were built there to rehome residents once they were cleared.
However, new developments are now closing it. Liverpool ONE completed in 2008 and hundreds of apartments are being built in the ever-expanding Baltic Triangle.
While residents welcome the regeneration, which will result in much needed new homes for the city, some people who have lived there for decades are concerned.
Ann, 66, who has lived in her property since it was built more than 30 years ago told the ECHO: "We won't have any privacy. You won't be able to sit in your back."
One resident of Upper Frederick Street, who didn't want to be named, was born in the tenements and has lived in her home for 34 years.
She told the ECHO there are pros and cons to living on the edge of the city centre. She said: "It's brilliant living here, especially when there's an event on. But we do get forgotten about. We've been here a long time before the regeneration started.
"It's great what they're putting into the area. The location is unreal - we take the dogs out and we're on the dock.
"But they wouldn't build houses like this here now, they'd be apartments. There was a brilliant community spirit in the tenements, but as time's gone on it has dwindled."
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