You've done an excellent job documenting the transformation of Manchester. A Calatrava bridge has unmistakable DNA. We have two huge Calatrava bridges crossing the Trinity River here in Dallas and they look a lot like the pedestrian bridge you have in Manchester.
Yes, he has an unmistakable style. The one in Dublin is similar to the one in Buenos Aires. I think I read that the one in Manchester is his only bridge of this type in the UK. Many thanks as ever for your positive comment.
So when my family comes to Manchester in 2024 and tries to re-create the Salford Lads promo shot that The Smiths did... will you be our photographer? haha
I often have a photo in my archive that matches up with a location. I just have to pull it out of my archive. Previously I did 'then and now' themed videos but I think now I prefer to incorporate the 'then and now' theme into the 'building boom' video. Many thanks!
I believe that cross in Chetham's Hospital is the one that was removed from the site of Shudehill and Cross Street when Corporation Street was constructed in the 1840"s. When Thomas De La Warre vacated his old manor house to become the Collegiate foundation for the then Parish Church under Henry V helped by local Cardinal Thomas Langley Chancellor to Henry V, Thomas De La Warre moved his new manor house to near the Parsonage Gardens site and eventually St. Mary's Church with it's distinctive steeple. His new manor house like so many medieval buildings like the Rovers Return and the Seven Stars(?) on Shudehill and the Sun Inn(?) on Long Millgate survived into 1800's and 1900's. What are the plans for Hulme locks please? I understand Peel Holdings own them.
Many thanks for that very informative historical account. Hulme locks? I'll need to check up on that. I'm not aware of any plans to bring them back into use. This page has some information en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulme_Locks_Branch_Canal
@@AidanEyewitness I think the lower Pomona Dock fulfills the role Hulme Lock was built for in that it enables craft from the canal system to attain the river Irwell. Ironically only 1 dock number was in Mcr technically. The Salford & Mcr Canal near Granada and under the Great Northern Wrhse. Being built for just that purpose and re-excavated at the Rochdale Canal end to Bridgewater Hall. Hulme Locks being a more direct route. Hulme Hall is where Ann Bland lived who built St. Ann's Church. Thank you so much. 🙂👍
The ship in the City of Manchester coat of arms signifies as far as I understand Manchester’s status as a river port and its trade with the world. The ship in the Manchester coat of arms is a clipper, which carried all kinds of goods across the oceans in the mid-19th century. As a small child I saw a film on TV about the slave trade and was horrified and traumatised by it. I can’t see a connection between that and Manchester’s coat of arms with the clipper.
Thanks for flagging this up. There was an original proposal by Allied London with the tall building but Renaker took it over and put in a revised proposal, which won't have that tall tower and presumably there won't be a viewing platform. I didn't go into much detail but perhaps I should have mentioned the proposal was revised. This page gives information.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Islands,_Manchester I'll gather some more information on the project as it progresses. Many thanks.
I like the concept of the Eden building it will be interesting to see whether the execution fulfills its promise. I don't like the exterior of Factory International building, especially after hearing its price tag, but perhaps there interiors will wow. I love seeing new trains.
Factory International is certainly a building with wow factor. From what I've seen, the interior will be massive. It will be a jaw-dropping venue. But will they be able to keep up the artworks and bring lots of people in order to make it an overwhelming success? I have a feeling they will.
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT - ERROR!!! - it's the Museum of Science and Industry, not the Museum of Transport! Also, the Trinity Islands project has been redesigned since I first mentioned it in BB1 back in 2001. Thanks to Paradise for the comment. I try to reply to comments asap, sometimes it takes a bit longer! All thoughtful, constructive comments are gratefully received though abusive, lewd, irrelevant or $p@mmy comments will be deleted! Luckily I get very few of those!
Always interesting to hear from people who have worked in the buildings I've highlighted. How did architects and planners often manage to get it so wrong in the 1960s and 1970s?
9:42 i was under the impression the Trinity Towers were cancelled and plans had been replaced? Originally it was said Manchester new tallest building (Trinity Tower X at 213m) would take over Deansgate South Tower at 200m, but i heard that the trinity towers construction had been cancelled?
No, the Trinity development is alive and well, it has just been reworked. Allied London sold the site to Renaker and they reworked the scheme. The tallest tower will be smaller than previously planned, just a bit smaller than the south tower at Deansgate Square. However, a new 70 storey tower has been proposed in the Jackson St development and IF built will become the tallest building in Manchester.
As an Eccles boy now in New Zealand I love these videos. Do you have any plans to document the building of Therme water park in Trafford? I want to time my next trip back home when that opens! Danke schön
Many thanks for your positive feedbac, glad to hear my videos are being watched on the other side of the world by an Eccles expat! As the Therme project is mostly low-rise on a very wide construction site, it might be less easy to capture the construction. I'll see what I can do. Many thanks for flagging it up.
Do you know any plans for metro extension? I'm all for these developments but I get annoyed at further loss of the old. Totally behind regeneration though. Manchester will be a wonderful site for HS2 and the connection with Birmingham (also regenerating massively) will be special. When the Tories are out I feel the Leeds leg will also go ahead and actually it must. Manchester however needs to densify and increase it's population. I would like to see Manchester get a major deconstructivist Libeskind proposal.
Sometimes it's difficult to hang on to old buildings. That art deco building just didn't fit in with the plans. I personally would have tried to keep it though. There are lots of plans for Metrolink extensions, see this page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_developments_of_Manchester_Metrolink
Hello Aiden! Thank you for this top quality content! I used to live in Manchester more than 10 years ago now (currently I reside in the Czech republic). Recently, I went back for a "nostalgia visit" to Manchester and blimey, I was in for a surprise. When I lived there I used to cycle all year round making regular exploration detours on my way from work so I dare say I knew the city pretty well. I was literally in a constant state of shock during my recent visit, struggling to find my bearings and just kept repeating to my travelling companions (to their amused annoyance) "this wasn't here 10 years ago". Your channel is now helping me to fill in the gaps and is generally super interesting. Really great work!
What a very nice comment, thanks so much. you are in the Czech Republic or Czechia, where I have visited a few times. Manchester is changing perhaps more than any other city in the UK, and not always for the best. I'll do my best to capture as much as I can of what's happening and glad my videos are helping you to keep track!
Hmmm, I think the development and migration habits of Canada Geese is perhaps a little off-topic for my channel, but I’ll keep an eye out for their arrival in future! :)
Thanks. Amazing how many buildings that are not that old need repairs to their cladding. I was worried when I saw the scaffolding under the bridge, especially when there are apartments above it, but it is not structural, it's just to prioide access to the cladding!
