Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

Is that a new fixed seat Configuration? I don't recall those thin strips of seating in SSL or SS2 or is that something to do with gigs at the stadium?
 
jrb said:
Sorry Keith, you are way off the mark. No offence. The vast majority of our red brick Victorian buildings have been saved in the latest building boom. Yes, we have lost some not great quality old buildings, but that is part and parcel of a changing city building cycle. Property developers are now more inclined to save and redevelop old buildings. The NQ and Ancoats being the prime examples.

I'm just doing my monthly city centre construction roundup for SSC. Been in town for over 4 hours and I've only just got halfway around the city centre. I used to do the whole city centre in 4-5 hours. It's construction madness in Manchester atm. 80 cranes!

Bar London, there isn't another (regional) city in the UK that has such a fantastic mix of old and new buildings side by side. That set's Manchester apart from other regional cities.

Albert Square will be iconic again. https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/manchester-showcases-car-free-albert-square/
Exchange Square is being revamped. So is the Cathedral Quarter. So is Piccadilly Gardens. The Great Northern Warehouse plaza is also being revamped. There's so much going on. It really is amazing how Manchester city centre is changing for the better. : -)
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Have you been round Ancoats? I was in Cutting Room Square last night and it was booming but the beautiful Smiths Arms is gone for a boring block of apartments, The Shamrock is boarded up for development into apartments and the worst scrilidge of the lot is the piss poor extension currently being built to the St Peter's Halle. And then the square itself is now overlooked by a monstrous multi storey car park. I do agree there is a lot of good but Ancoats has a lot of heritage which is being eroded by greed and cannot be used as an example for saving old buildings.

Anyway just to stay on topic and not get told off that's a nice logo at the Etihad! :)
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
Just checked. Err no it hasn't!
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It has.

It’s where the away fan devide is.

There’s half a block for City which is then cut off for the away section.

The other thiner section is for the start of the Legends Lounge seats.

It has all been this way ever since the SS was redeveloped.

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I'm not going to get into a protracted argument of yes it is , no it isn't. Go and look on the 3rd viewer of the ground. The layout is not like that at all and the photos are post SS3 development. My response was to a statement that it has always been that way and it certainly hasn't. My eyes tell me it wasn't as ive been a SC holder for donkeys and the viewer backs that up. That's my last word on it thanks.
 
manchester blue said:
Have you been round Ancoats? I was in Cutting Room Square last night and it was booming but the beautiful Smiths Arms is gone for a boring block of apartments, The Shamrock is boarded up for development into apartments and the worst scrilidge of the lot is the piss poor extension currently being built to the St Peter's Halle. And then the square itself is now overlooked by a monstrous multi storey car park. I do agree there is a lot of good but Ancoats has a lot of heritage which is being eroded by greed and cannot be used as an example for saving old buildings.

Anyway just to stay on topic and not get told off that's a nice logo at the Etihad! :)
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I built the building where 7 brothers and second city are housed. I agree partly with you on the smith arms but the shamrock is no great loss. The buildings built by Manchester life are fairly average I agree. Square is great though.

Love the puma in the seats - great addition.
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
I'm not going to get into a protracted argument of yes it is , no it isn't. Go and look on the 3rd viewer of the ground. The layout is not like that at all and the photos are post SS3 development. My response was to a statement that it has always been that way and it certainly hasn't. My eyes tell me it wasn't as ive been a SC holder for donkeys and the viewer backs that up. That's my last word on it thanks.
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You asked if it was new.

The answer is no it has been like that for 4 years.

That pic I posted is when the Stand first opened. You can see this via the unfinished corners. The panels between stand and roof were put in place in October 2015.

Thanks.

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worsleyweb said:
I built the building where 7 brothers and second city are housed. I agree partly with you on the smith arms but the shamrock is no great loss. The buildings built by Manchester life are fairly average I agree. Square is great though.

Love the puma in the seats - great addition.
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They’re decent. My niece lived in one. The ones that look really poor are at the corner of George Leigh Street and Bengal Street.

Not been up long and look awful as they are fully rendered and it’s started to weather terribly.

Why do developers use render that needs high maintenance at height, therefore high cost? As a layman it makes no sense to me.
 
manchester blue said:
They’re decent. My niece lived in one. The ones that look really poor are at the corner of George Leigh Street and Bengal Street.

Not been up long and look awful as they are fully rendered and it’s started to weather terribly.

Why do developers use render that needs high maintenance at height, therefore high cost? As a layman it makes no sense to me.
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i sit looking at that render about 50 hours a week! shameful that building.

as for the stadium - i strongly think we may hear something before the start of the season.
 
worsleyweb said:
i sit looking at that render about 50 hours a week! shameful that building.

as for the stadium - i strongly think we may hear something before the start of the season.
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That’s interesting... based on something you’ve heard or a hunch?
 
keith's curle said:
Many thanks for the replies re 1 Piccadilly. And would definitely agree that although the city centre looks better than it has for a while, much of the character of the old brick and stone type buildings seems to be going (not that I've been into central Manchester in years, so only going by appearances. It's a pity that not even one of the new buildings seems to have scored a stir as a design; where's the equivalent of the gherkin or the shard?
Now that I've taken the thread off topic I might as well keep going and the mods can hang me for a sheep instead of a lamb. In Bill Bryson's book about travelling around Britain ('Notes from a small island'?) he says about Manchester something along the lines of it has no clear centre, no heart. Basically, nowhere that is Manchester in one image. As soon as I read it I knew he was right and that I'd probably known that myself for a long time. Piccadilly gardens was probably as good as it got, but it wasn't anything much. The square in front of the town hall is probably it now, but neither of those came be called iconic.
Does anybody disagree? Are Bill and myself out of date and things have changed? Would a nice big plaza somewhere (maybe with something in it/around it) be a paradigm shift?
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Had to laugh at this, a Manchester City centre review by a person who hasn't visited it for years.
The centre is fantastic, historically, and Architecturally . Fantastic museums, art, crafts, restaurants etc.
Unfortunately the outskirts, are a little worn.

I moved out nearly 40 years ago, but return to investigate what I took for granted as I grew up. World class City centre, with a few warts.
 
asahartford1 said:
Had to laugh at this, a Manchester City centre review by a person who hasn't visited it for years.
The centre is fantastic, historically, and Architecturally . Fantastic museums, art, crafts, restaurants etc.
Unfortunately the outskirts, are a little worn.

I moved out nearly 40 years ago, but return to investigate what I took for granted as I grew up. World class City centre, with a few warts.
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If you look at Spinningfields compared to what it looked like 15 years ago it’s impressive what they have done with it. I’ve enjoyed seeing Deansgate square come out of the ground the last couple of years, thought it was just two towers now it’s four and all the other building work that’s going on in the city centre.

Then you have to contrast of the older buildings we have round King street and we are lucky to have a beautiful town hall like we have. Will be even better when Albert square is fully pedestrianised and will have a feel of some of the squares you get on the continent.
 
worsleyweb said:
I built the building where 7 brothers and second city are housed. I agree partly with you on the smith arms but the shamrock is no great loss. The buildings built by Manchester life are fairly average I agree. Square is great though.

Love the puma in the seats - great addition.
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Had many Saturday night lock-ins in The Shamrock. It was one of the of the best pubs in Town.
 
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