Manchester | The old and the new | Drone cityscapes | 4K 

Wouldn’t say skyscrapers are a good in themselves. Has to be done well.

What? And look like some standard Chinese city?

Too bad all the skyscrapers look the same: hideous glass blocks. It would be more impressive if Manchester was building ornate tall buildings. It looks just like any other city now. 🥴

​@@thebabbler8867 We'll definitely see some variation in the next few years.

@@mitch2620Manchester would barely be classed as a Chinese suburb

Oh you’re far too kind Phill!

Thank you very much. The clips were from a couple of different flying sessions and the edit came together pretty quickly once I found the right soundtrack.

Fabulous video an flight, MCR is evolving and the new buildings look brilliant, you have to bear in mind a lot the criticism is Bourne out of jealousy

Dozens more yet.

Hopefully loads. I want the UK to go crazy on Manchester and stop focusing on London. We need that shining second city.

I disagree

@@TheVesko95Me too

I think the towers actually accentuate the beauty of the Victorian era buildings. At street level, Manchester remains unmistakably Victorian. The towers have been built on brownfield land...no old buildings were lost to create these. Many of the towers are student accommodation (I think) ...they are vital to the local economy.

I think the UK needed just at least one skyscraper city it was just time.

@andrewsteele1819 It will probably resemble a typical soulless American city. I just can't believe so many people are happy living in those tower prisons!

Manchester of the 90s (pre bomb) was hideous...the ugly old 60s plaza around Shambles Square which crossed over Deansgate, the grubby yellow-tiled facade of the Arndale Centre dominating Cross St and High Street, the pot-hole laden expanse of land in front of Victoria Station which was a rough car park, the 60s offices facing onto St Peter's Square... I think town=planning has been successful in Manchester. It looks better at street level than ever. Still very Victorian, Manchester used to be ringed by some very grim housing areas..Collyhurst..Miles Platting..Hulme..Salford Crescent/Pendleton.....we can easily forget this when we criticise the new.

@@stephenvarty191 I had a weekend in Manchester last year and I thought it was a fantastic city. Lots of Victorian architecture and glass towers too. A real vibe about the place and very easy to get around.

Nimby

@TheVesko95 I don't live in Manchester. The nicest cities in the world tend to be predominantly medium rise such as Edinburgh, Vienna, Munich, Turin, Seville, Rome etc etc.

​@@stephenvarty191 All the cities you named are bigger and more global than Manchester. 😂

Greater Manchester has a larger population than most of those cities! Vienna is similar. Only Rome much larger but I don't see the relevance of your point.​@thebabbler8867

@stephenvarty191 I am sorry but I disagree with you on so many levels 1. The cities you gave are extremely old historic cities, they are also the capital cities. This means they have a completely different development to Manchester. Manchester is a fairly newer city and the centre was filled with car parks and abandoned land. Those skyscrapers are what brought investment and life back into the city. Rome is a complete disaster from any way you look at it so I wouldn't give it as an example for anything really. Furthermore all those cities are european capitals (which is fine) but why don't you look at Sydney, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Singapore etc. Etc. All of those cities are always topping the charts for most livable METROLOLITAN cities and have skyscrapers. So please don't be a nimby and accept that different cities can have different characteristics and still be livable and lovely. Manchester isn't Vienna and it never will be but what is happening now is defining the city and I for one think it's increadibly different and fresh