Manchester’s Changing Skyline

[jimharri]

Totally unrecognisable from the place I grew up in back in the 70s. The CIS building was the only real "skyscraper", until the Arndale arrived. You could actually see the illuminated CIS lights from our house in Longsight.

 

[urban genie]

Though I like some of the developments, I have been working in Strangeways the last few weeks and cut through town form dilly to Vic and personaly I find the new victoria tripple set of new high rises top of miller street to be vile and a complete eyesore on the area.

They don't fit and are also ugly in design

 

[Blue Maverick]

The pictures taken from Cortland show other residential developments under construction or onsite across the city centre.

Benjamin Hall - Linkedin

Unrivalled views from Manchester’s latest BuildToRent scheme “Cortland at Colliers Yard” - LOFT.uk are excited to be furnishing 559 homes for the lucky residents who will be moving in this autumn.

The apartments, social spaces & amenities are hard to rival anywhere in the country - this is BTR at it’s finest - exquisite work from RENAKER, and another welcome addition to the ever-growing “Manc-hattan” skyline.

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Apartment tour.

Cortland at Colliers Yard - 2 Bed Apartment

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Three60 (distance) & Viadux.

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The Railings - Middlewood Locks (in the distance, 2 blue cranes)

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I love the term Manchatten, every time o go down it reminds me of New York more and more.

 

[jrb]

Though I like some of the developments, I have been working in Strangeways the last few weeks and cut through town form dilly to Vic and personaly I find the new victoria tripple set of new high rises top of miller street to be vile and a complete eyesore on the area.

They don't fit and are also ugly in design

 

[urban genie]

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NOMA as they like to blandly rename this area is probably the most souless palce that has been redeveloped.

thank fuck new century hall has survived and angel meadow, though I expect if they could they would flog it and build tower blocks on it

 

[jimharri]

Though I like some of the developments, I have been working in Strangeways the last few weeks and cut through town form dilly to Vic and personaly I find the new victoria tripple set of new high rises top of miller street to be vile and a complete eyesore on the area.

They don't fit and are also ugly in design

Don't know if it's just me, but a lot of those proposed buildings that are on here as artists' impressions (not just the ones you've mentioned ug) are not pleasing on the eye.

 

[jrb]

No messing about, with planning permission recently obtained.

Pilling rig onsite.

Echo Street - Student Accommodation - 29/23/17/16/13 fl

Aztec Drones - Instagram

 

[jrb]

NOMA as they like to blandly rename this area is probably the most souless palce that has been redeveloped.

thank fuck new century hall has survived and angel meadow, though I expect if they could they would flog it and build tower blocks on it

I call it the Grey Quarter. Too many grey and dull looking new buildings. Thankfully there are some colourful office buildings proposed for NOMA. No1 Angel Square is a fantastic looking office building.

Next 477,000 sq ft of Noma offices up for approval - Place North West

Federated Hermes and MEPC are hoping to win planning consent for two buildings at the 20-acre Manchester business district.

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

 

[urban genie]

I call it the Grey Quarter. Too many grey and dull looking new buildings. Thankfully there are some colourful office buildings proposed for NOMA. No1 Angel Square is a fantastic looking office building.

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Next 477,000 sq ft of Noma offices up for approval - Place North West

Federated Hermes and MEPC are hoping to win planning consent for two buildings at the 20-acre Manchester business district.

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

it is a fantastic and unique building and looked great next to the CIS building hoggong the areas skyline unfortunately it is being hidden and lost behind generic tower blocks built around it

 

[jrb]

Aztec Drones - Instagram

Plot 9 - Office - First Street - 9 fl (steel + concrete core)
Square Gardens - First Street - 45/26/22/17 fl (right)

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