27-601: Holyoake House is a building in the NOMA district of Manchester , England, which was completed in 1911. Designed by F.E.L. Harris, it was built for the Co-operative Union in memory of George Holyoake . It is located alongside other listed buildings such as the CIS Tower , Hanover Building and Redfern Building and is owned by Co-operatives UK . In 1906 the co-operative activist George Jacob Holyoake died and
54-526: A French political thinker and historian, best known for his Democracy in America (two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856), explored the effects of the rising inequalities in social conditions on the individual and the state in western societies; he visited Manchester in 1835, describing it in his work of the same year Journeys to England And Ireland . Friedrich Engels
81-821: Is also home to the Co-operative College , the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL), Co-op News , the Woodcraft Folk , which has sometimes identified itself as the youth wing of the co-operative movement, and the Manchester office of The Phone Co-op . The building was extended in the 1930s, and a training centre on the top floor was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in the Manchester Blitz of 1940. A collection of Holyoake's letters, papers and other writings are held in store in
108-525: Is anticipated that the building will be open by 2018. Angel Meadow St Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park is a public park in Manchester , England, to the immediate northeast of the city centre , on a slope between the River Irk and Rochdale Road. It occupies an area of 7.4 acres (3 ha ), and was once an affluent suburb, until the 19th-century Industrial Revolution altered
135-504: Is currently in scaffolding) into a hotel are expected to commence in 2015. Future developments include a 106 m (348 ft) residential tower, Angel Gardens , and a further office building, 3 Angel Square. It was announced in March 2011 that the development would be referred to as NOMA, formed from a convergence of its global geographical location at 53° (used in its logo) No rth, and its local city location Ma nchester. Inspiration for
162-478: Is rated 'outstanding' by BREEAM and achieved a score of 92.25. When the building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2013, One Angel Square was 'the most sustainable building in the world' Hanover Building on Corporation Street was built between 1905 and 1909 and is a Grade II listed building. After extensive redevelopment, Hanover opened again in 2018 and has since become Amazon's HQ in
189-476: The Communist Manifesto . The Flags became known for hosting prostitutes, street entertainers, Cock fights and bare knuckle brawls, with gathered crowds gambling on the competitions, in the second half of the 19th century. Territorial gangs, of adolescent Scuttlers , fought for the control of the neighbouring streets, while numerous pawn shops and marine stores fenced items pickpocketed or robbed by
216-701: The National Co-operative Archive , also housed in the building, whilst the building itself received Grade II listed building status on 20 June 1988. Italics denote building under construction NOMA, Manchester NOMA (a portmanteau of North and Manchester) is an £800 million, 20-acre (8-hectare) mixed-use redevelopment scheme in Manchester . It is the largest development project in North West England ahead of developments such as MediaCityUK and Atlantic Gateway . NOMA focuses on revitalising and opening
243-630: The Oldham Road terminus of the Manchester–;Leeds Railway was abandoned and the line extended through Collyhurst to a new link station at Hunts Bank – the first Victoria Station . A railway viaduct traversed Angel Meadow, whilst the obnoxious smells from the Irk and Irwell and the Gould street gas works darkened the landscape. The mixture was ladled further by aromas from the tannery,
270-607: The Co-operative Movement decided to commemorate him by building a permanent headquarters for the Co-operative Union. The building was designed by architect F. E. L. Harris, who had also designed the nearby Hanover Building in the year of Holyoake's death. It was erected in 1911 on Hanover Street and named Holyoake House. A plaque was erected outside the building dedicating the building to Holyoake's memory. In addition to Co-operatives UK , Holyoake House
297-400: The area: Each winter, thousands of poor, helpless children are provided with food, clogs and clothing; and every Sunday morning during the season, hundreds of destitute men and women are served with breakfast; and we try, by God’s help and the bestowal of a word of comfort and cheer, to arouse in them a feeling of hope which may lead them to a higher and noble life. Alexis de Tocqueville ,
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#1732783483639324-791: The branding was taken from SOMA (South of Market) in San Francisco which has been redeveloped in the last three decades. NOMA is situated in Manchester City Centre on a 20 acres (8.1 ha) site. Objections have been raised over the relocation of the inner ring road which passes Angel Meadow . One Angel Square was the first phase of the NOMA redevelopment scheme and the new support centre for Co-operative Group employees. Construction work began in July 2010, involving 4,000 workers from 90 different companies. One Angel Square
351-601: The city. Construction began on a new public square and event space in January 2014 and was launched in December 2015. A 1960s building, Redfern Annexe, was demolished to create the new city centre square, which was named Sadler's Yard after pioneer James Sadler . The square has since been used to home a series of public events, including the annual Sadler's Yard Summer Jam, Sit and Stay at Sadler's Yard dog show, and Summer Beer Thing hosted by The Pilcrow. The Hotel Indigo
378-472: The dyeworks, the iron foundry, the brewery, the tripe works and rotting vegetation from the Smithfield market, all added together with the neighborhood’s fried fish and bad sanitation smells, one would agree that the cauldron of Angel Meadow was indeed a potent brew. Ragged schools , such as Charter Street and Sharp Street, and other institutes for abandoned, destitute and neglected children, flourished in
405-557: The grade II listed conference hall attached to New Century House was a music venue that hosted acts such as Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner in the 1960s and 1970s. Federation House is the only ex-Co-operative building that is not listed. It was temporarily used by Castlefield Gallery but is now home to "a community of innovators in Manchester". Announced in March 2014, the concept building will have nine storeys totalling nearly 200,000 square feet (19,000 square metres) of flexible Grade A office space aimed at small to medium companies. It
432-450: The heart of the project is the £100 million One Angel Square building, which has been compared to a "sliced egg" due to its distinctive shape and stands at 72 metres (236 feet); it opened in 2013. In April 2014, a joint venture contract was agreed between The Co-operative and Hermes Real Estate to allow the delivery of new phases. Redevelopment of Hanover Building as a low-cost office space and reconstruction of City Buildings (which
459-468: The mid-19th century was in excess of 350 per acre, and as social and living conditions worsened some resorted to digging up the cemetery and selling its soil as fertilizer to nearby farmers. The situation became so bad that the Burial Act of 1855 was passed to cover up graveyards with flagstones , hence the name St Michael's Flags. It has been estimated that 40,000 people were buried here. In 1844,
486-520: The northern area of Manchester city centre which has not undergone the redevelopment seen in other central areas of the city. The Co-operative Group, the company backing the scheme, have been based in the Manchester area since their inception in 1843 and hope the development will attract more companies to invest in Manchester as they have done and continue to do. The development involves the creation of 4 million square feet (400,000 square metres) of office, residential, retail, leisure and hotel space. At
513-534: The park has been secured and work should be completed by early summer 2014. This work will include repairing the Aspin Lane wall and opening up the steps into the park, often referred to as the Lowry Steps (as L S Lowry depicted them in several of his works). The Co-operative Group is also funding a significant programme of work in 2015 to rebuild the front entrance and improve the whole park overall. This
540-465: The park in 2009, 2012 and 2019, revealing the basements of homes and business in the area from the 1800s. The Royal Geographical Society Discovering Britain series of walks: Slums, Squalor and Salvation guides people around the park and wider neighbourhood. In August 2012, BBC television broadcast scenes of the area as part of Michael Wood's The Great British Story: A People's History (Episode 8 Industry & Empire). A second phase of funding for
567-591: The publication of an information booklet. In the spring of 2006, the park hosted the BBC and Manchester Leisure's Springwatch Festival of Nature . Since 2006 it has attained Green Flag Award status, the national award for green spaces in England and Wales. On 1 May 2010, the park was used as a location by artist Spencer Tunick for his installation Everyday People, part of The Lowry 's 10th Anniversary celebration. Oxford Archaeology carried out excavations around
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#1732783483639594-576: The social standing of the area and introduced poverty and disease. Regeneration of the park in the 2000s has created a gateway into the Irk Valley. St Michael and All Angels' church was built in 1788 by Humphrey Owen to seat just over a thousand people. Its foundation stone was laid on 20 May 1788 and it was consecrated on 23 July 1789. Almost twenty years later in 1808, a letter appeared in the Manchester Guardian declaring "Why one of
621-443: The street gangs, and beer shops offered an illicit potato derived spirit, known as poteen. St Michael's Church, graveyard, and surrounding streets regularly featured in the paintings of L. S. Lowry . St Michael's Church closed in 1930 and the site was sold on condition that the church building was demolished. Demolition was carried out in 1935. In 1940 Angel Meadow was subject to German bombing . Friends of Angel Meadow (FOAM)
648-495: The ugliest churches in Manchester situated in one of the most crowded and notorious parts of the City, should have so long enjoyed the pleasant sounding name 'St Michael's, Angel Meadow' is beyond understanding". The land adjacent to the church became the largest cemetery in Manchester, used for the interment of those who had no family place of burial or were too poor to afford a proper funeral. The population density of Angel Meadow in
675-684: Was born in 1820 as the son of a successful German industrialist. As a young man his father sent him to England to help manage his cotton factory in Salford. Engels was shocked by the poverty in the city and began writing an account that was published as the Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844). His account, of what he labeled the "Irish town", includes a graphic description of the pauper burial ground at St. Michael's Flags. Engels later collaborated with Karl Marx , which resulted in
702-542: Was built at a cost of £26 million between the junction of the Victoria tram approach and Todd Street off Corporation Street . It is 14 storeys high and circular in shape. The new hotel incorporates the adjacent Grade II listed City Buildings. New Century House is a grade II listed building on the corner of Corporation Street and Miller Street. Co-operative Group employees migrated to One Angel Square in 2013 and New Century House will be renovated in 2021. New Century Hall,
729-420: Was formed in 2004 to campaign for the regeneration of the park and to research the history of the area. Over £200,000 was raised through grants and match funding, which was spent re-landscaping the park, installing street furniture including seating and bins, erecting four solar-powered street lights, an arched entrance way and planting wildflowers. A Local Heritage Grant of £24,000 paid for six history boards and
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