Manchester’s Changing Skyline

[Keeper!]

Hopefully that will be the new Piccadilly Gardens when the council and their chosen architects eventually make the new plans for Piccadilly Gardens public. At least the concrete pavillion is now being redeveloped, and the grass areas have been returfed.

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Work finally begins on £25m Piccadilly Gardens transformation

Manchester City Council have begun work on a £25m redevelopment of Piccadilly Gardens - but what do you think?

ilovemanchester.com

That's simply horrendous and sadly will still be full of crackheads a majority of the time.

 

[jrb]

That's simply horrendous and sadly will still be full of crackheads a majority of the time.

The owners of the Pavilion, can’t remember who they are, refused to demolish it as part of a wider redevelopment of Piccadilly Gardens.

Instead they compromised and are redeveloping the pavilion by demolishing part of it, opening it up more, so it doesn’t look as oppressive, and are adding illuminated artwork to the remaining concrete walls to soften them up.

Unfortunately no amount of money and redevlopment will get rid of the drug dealers and druggies that plague Piccadilly Gardens. Only extra policing and security will do that hopefully?

 

[jrb]

The link to the article should work?

That is a real picture not a CGI. :-)

Is up the only way for Manchester?

Tower blocks and skyscrapers are rising all over Manchester, hailed by some as signs of a thriving metropolis, slammed by others as out of all proportion to the character of the city. But there is a middle ground…

www.theguardian.com

 

[jrb]

Following on from the Guardian article.

Manchester‘s old skyline with Beetham tower standing proudly on here own, with the Arndale tower and COS tower in the distance.

Manchester is not like London. And it shouldn't be.

"How close are you to London?" For international officers who represent universities not located in London, you quickly become so conditioned to this question that you can recite the train times like you have a sponsorship deal with National Rail. If you browse through any university’s brochures the

www.linkedin.com

More Cockney Rags are moving to Manchester. :-(

Why so many Londoners are quitting the capital for Manchester

Over 10,000 Londoners are leaving the capital to opt for Manchester

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[remember arthur mann]

TBF a lot of property developers in Manchester, especially Renaker and Salboy are creating interesting and exciting open spaces with plenty of trees, planting, and nice landscaping.

Salboy, Fred Done and Neville with his finger in the pie, Yuk !!!

An Americans point of view of Manchester.
Sorry about the swamp.

 

[jrb]

Screen grabbed from a short video.

You can see the Fusion site - 28 fl, with piling rig, directly below, and the Stay City - 22fl, concrete core at the end of Deansgate.

 

[jimharri]

Following on from the Guardian article.

Manchester‘s old skyline with Beetham tower standing proudly on here own, with the Arndale tower and COS tower in the distance.

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Manchester is not like London. And it shouldn't be.

"How close are you to London?" For international officers who represent universities not located in London, you quickly become so conditioned to this question that you can recite the train times like you have a sponsorship deal with National Rail. If you browse through any university’s brochures the

www.linkedin.com

More Cockney Rags are moving to Manchester. :-(

Why so many Londoners are quitting the capital for Manchester

Over 10,000 Londoners are leaving the capital to opt for Manchester

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Northern Moor becoming a "des res". Wow.

 

[mexico1970]

If you have ever walked from Piccadilly train station to Victoria and looked at Manchester from the street level only, it's a scruffy disorganised mess.

 

[bluesmith]

I work there two days a week. It's a nice development but for some reason, doesn't feel quite as spectacular as the photos make it look.

Definitely not, I walk through there to my job 3/4 times a week and didn't even recognise it.

 

[jrb]

This might explain one of the reasons why there’s no start on site yet?

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