I spent a weekend in Manchester last April, the weather was beautiful which really allowed us to explore the city on foot. I was hugely impressed. It's not only a city of glass towers, but also has restored many of the fine buildings from its industrial past. Quite a balance to do that, being both a victorian city and a city of the 21st century simultaneously. And the older buildings give it a human feel and sense of history at street level modern cities just don't have.
Great video, so important for documenting Manchester’s skyline growth. Really wish we had videos from 20 years ago like this to see how much it’s truly progressed… and with many more to come!
Why should the City of Manchester be the second City and not Birmingham. the reason that Birmingham is the Second City and Second largest city is the huge size of the City of Birmingham being 150sq miles in area and a population of 1.5 million citizens as against the City of Manchester being 58sq miles in area and a population of 580,000 citizens making the City of Manchester the 6th largest City in the UK and Birmingham City Centre looks fantastic too
@@StormGamingYT12392- In Manchester there are over 50 buildings of 150m plus either completed, being constructed, or in planning…….with 3 of them being over 200m
Loved that you caught so much movement at street level, particularly the metrolink and trains...really helped to show scale. One of the best skyline films I've seen.
Hi ! I'm blown away by the production value of this flying video. The attention to detail in every frame is remarkable. The choice of music enhances the overall experience. The pacing of the video is spot-on, keeping me engaged and wanting to see more. This video deserves all the praise it receives!!Very big like(113) 👍👍👍!Have nice day!!
Hi Tom That’s for your comments I’m blown away by them I try to offer more that just a skyline it developed in to a passion now and I can’t wait to get out for more footage once again thank you 😊
The 76 Storey Sister of Viadux was announced today being the tallest building ever built in regional Britain. That means that there are now three 70 plus structures to be constructed in Manchester/Salford. It is the shock city of the 21st century.
@@matthowardtv I love the sheer determination of the place. It announced the 76 storey skyscraper the day after Sunak cancelled HS2. Cancel our train! We will build a huge tower. It grinds every banana skin into the ground. It is unique in Britain that it actually believes in itself. It does things without all the huge subsidies London gets. It is the shock city of the 21st century. It is a prototype for how to do things differently from the clueless Westminster clowns who have no ambition for Britain, and less creativity than a crash test dummy.
@@paulwild3676 yes, true, i like that perspective, i ask because i didn't see it coming, but with two strong exports (two football teams), and a bit of history, it makes sense, but is this residential, or commercial? it looks interesting, though
Thank you Denaco and I would like to return the complement. I’ve just checked your channel out and I think your work is the best I’ve seen on RU-vid bravo !!!
Wow, I've been gone 10 years and its certainly changed in that time. Beetham Tower stood alone back then. I bet Picadilly Gardens are just as dingy as before though.
The city has around 560 thousand, the urban area around 2.8 million and the metropolitan area around 3.4 to 3.5 million. It is very comparable to Warsaw or Athens in population.
The city of Manchester proper is just over 500,000.. add on Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Wigan and Bolton plus a few others the population is nearer 1.5 million, the metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester is well over 2 million, confusing the Borough with the city population is very common
Looks very dystopian. Almost like they are building a 15 minute smart city (gulag). All the victorian architecture is sublime though! Great footage my friend
That’s… not what “15 minute cities” means. I have no idea how something as benign as an urban planning concept that towns should be developed so that supermarkets, coffee shops and urban transit should be an easy 15-minute walk away from people’s homes instead of being forced to drive everywhere, managed to become some ridiculous conspiracy theory that the government is planning to lock people up in their neighbourhoods or something. If I was to guess, a mixture of the anti-transit car lobby that want to stop all house building combined with a ton of people loosing their absolute minds during the whole Covid thing. The same people who think the world is run by lizard people found a bunch of urban planning documents, thought the term sounded scary and decided to add it to their delusional narrative. It’s a shame people like you have fell for it. But anyway, Manchester city centre already *is* a 15-minute city - if you live in one of these residential towers or city centre apartments then you’re already just a few minutes walk away from basically everything you need as far as shopping and food goes, and probably a short train or tram ride away from your place of employment. From where I live I’m just a few minutes away from a lovely coffee shop and the bars and shops near St Peter’s Square. Truly, an absolutely terrifying concept.
struggling to see the need, gdp, national debt, sluggish new business development, where do folks get all the money from to live in some of these skyrises anyway
Great video.... but atypical when filmed. With the typical cloudy weather there those actually bland and gray-hued colored glass boxes would be quite depressing.@@rinkydinkmcruk
@@rinkydinkmcrukI was born in Oldham and have lived in London. It rains heavier in Manchester than London. The Summers in London were more like the continent and I can’t recall a bad one.
