88-664: Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester city centre , England, on the edge of the Northern Quarter . It takes its name from the adjacent street, Piccadilly, which runs across the city centre from Market Street to London Road. The gardens also contain a bus station and a tram stop. Piccadilly Gardens were laid out after World War I on the former site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Originally landscaped as an ornamental sunken garden,
176-609: A clerestory with double lancet windows . The altar in the chancel is recessed into polygonal vaulted apse in the Byzantine style with stone reredos depicting the Crucifixion . Carpenter's plans could not be carried out completely, due to lack of funds. Carpenter is perhaps best remembered for his recreation of Holdenby House . This large country house in Northamptonshire had originally been built in
264-557: A concrete pavilion designed by Tadao Ando , and a Metrolink station. Exchange Square is located near Urbis , formerly an exhibition centre focusing on city life but closed and re-opened in mid-2011 as the National Football Museum . Both Piccadilly and Exchange Square are used for screening public events. Two of the city centre's oldest buildings, The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's Oyster Bar , were dismantled, moved 300 yards and re-erected in 1999 to create
352-508: A crowd of 60,000–80,000 that had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation on what was previously fields – hence the name Peter's Fields. A monument to commemorate the nationally importantly event in the struggle for suffrage is expected to be commissioned for 2019 to mark the 200th anniversary of the massacre. In recent years, the square has been redeveloped with new high-rise office buildings, One St Peter's Square and Two St Peter's Square with further buildings approved for
440-543: A family clinging to a raft in a stormy sea. It was designed by the noted sculptor John Cassidy in 1907 and was given to the Manchester Corporation by the wealthy industrialist and art collector James Gresham, founder of Gresham and Craven engineering works, on the condition that the Corporation house it in the planned new art gallery. As the gallery scheme was not realised, Adrift was instead used as
528-595: A far eastern character ever since and in 1987 a paifang archway was installed to as a gift to the Chinese community and to reflect the far eastern heritage of the area. Canal Street , known as the Gay Village , is a part of the centre east of Portland Street and west of Whitworth Street through which runs the Rochdale Canal; it contains many bars, clubs and other facilities – many of which are focused towards
616-567: A far eastern character. It is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. The first settlers to arrive in the city came in the early 20th century; according to the BBC , "Many arrived alone and were engaged in what was seen as the traditional trade of laundries ." Manchester's first Chinese restaurant , Ping Hong, opened on Mosley Street in 1948, on
704-449: A fine ornamental fountain . Statues of noted figures such as the Duke of Wellington , Sir Robert Peel and John Dalton were laid out along the esplanade. Perrin's Manchester Handbook of 1857 wrote of the newly inaugurated space: The open space in front of the infirmary, formerly occupied by a pond of water, has lately been given up to the corporation, and has by them been laid out as
792-618: A large Neoclassical building. However, this scheme was never realised and the city's fine art collection remained in the Manchester City Art Gallery on nearby Mosley Street . Another scheme put forward by the architect Richard Carpenter was to build a large new replacement for Manchester Cathedral on the site. In 1917, the conductor Thomas Beecham proposed the construction of a large opera house , but he went bankrupt before he could advance this plan any further. The "Great Hole of Piccadilly" remained empty throughout
880-545: A million visitors every year and is one of the largest galleries outside London. The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry in Castlefield explores the industrial heritage of the United Kingdom with emphasis on Manchester. The People's History Museum explores the social history of Manchester and the United Kingdom. Many galleries and museum exist outside the city centre in Manchester and Greater Manchester such as
968-540: A nationally known theatre company which specialising in new productions of the classics and is known for its ' the round ' layout. The Cornerhouse , at the top of Oxford Road and opposite the Palace, is a venue for the visual arts and contains several cinemas which show mainly art house films. A new Cornerhouse and Library Theatre building will open at First Street in 2015 providing a larger home for both companies. Manchester Art Gallery , opened in 1824, welcomes over half
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#17327766238431056-411: A new 90 metre office tower, 1 Spinningfields could also commence in 2015 after securing a pre-let in late 2014. Aside from offices, Spinningfields was home to a number of high end retail units such as Armani and Mulberry. However, with the main retail district being on the opposite side of the city centre, these units struggled. In recent years the district has cultivated a far more successful image in
1144-477: A public walk, with fountains, which were first displayed at the inauguration of the Wellington Statue on the 30th of August 1856. The Manchester Royal Infirmary relocated in 1908 to its current site on Oxford Road . The hospital buildings were completely demolished by April 1910 apart from the outpatients department, which continued to deal with minor injuries and dispense medication on this site until
1232-639: A sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell , in a position defensible from the Brigantes . Once the Romans had abandoned Britain, the focus of settlement shifted to the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Irk . During the Dark Ages which followed – and persisted until the Norman Conquest – the settlement was in the territory of several different petty kingdoms. In
1320-517: A short walk from the area. Spinningfields is an area in the west adjoining the middle part of Deansgate and the main business district of the city centre. The proposal to create a designated central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library . Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council
1408-480: Is Piccadilly, a street that runs eastwards from the junction of Market Street to the junction of London Road with Ducie Street. The name Piccadilly is often used to refer to the area around Piccadilly itself, including the gardens, Piccadilly station and Piccadilly Basin, a canal basin on the Rochdale Canal . Since 2018, the name has also been given to an electoral ward , Piccadilly . Before 1755,
1496-683: Is defined as its Regional Centre for urban planning and public transport purposes. There is little order due to the manner in which the city rapidly developed during the Industrial Revolution nor much agreement on the differing areas in Manchester city centre. However many areas and streets in the city centre have a distinctive character with identifiable clusters of industrial warehouses, civic buildings and modern developments. Many of these distinctive areas are covered in 14 city centre conservation areas which are defined by Manchester City Council . These are essential ingredients to
1584-496: Is noted for its purpose as a civic area and includes important buildings and monuments such as Central Library, Midland Hotel, YMCA Building, Manchester Town Hall and Town Hall Extension – all of which are listed. It is described by Manchester City Council as "perhaps the greatest collective accolade to Manchester's original modern heritage". The Square is famous for the Peterloo Massacre in 1819 when cavalry charged into
1672-552: Is part of the Manchester Central constituency, represented by Labour Co-op MP Lucy Powell . The City Centre ward was divided in 2018 between two new wards, Deansgate and Piccadilly . The city centre has variously been defined as those parts of the city within the Manchester Inner Ring Road , or else the entire area within Manchester's Inner Ring Road, thereby encompassing a part of
1760-453: Is part of the 21st century regeneration of the square. The building that visitors are likely to notice first is the huge complex of Piccadilly Plaza which stands over Piccadilly. Piccadilly Plaza was originally built by Covell Matthews and Partners from 1959 to 1965 and has been recently re-modelled by Leslie Jones Architects in 2001 (this mainly involved replacing the old Chinese style-roofed towers of Bernard House). Piccadilly Plaza contains
1848-413: Is typically busy with pedestrians commuting to and from the city centre. The area is dominated by Piccadilly Gardens . It is the largest public square in the centre which was redeveloped in the early 2000s but not to a universally positive reception. For over 150 years Manchester Royal Infirmary was located on the site but closed in 1914. A few years after closure the hospital was demolished and public space
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#17327766238431936-533: The Berlin Wall ; it was partially removed in November 2020 in response to public comment – an action condemned by The Twentieth Century Society . The Piccadilly Gardens area is frequently criticised as being a haven for drug users, and there have been media reports of spice being openly traded and consumed in public there. In response to ongoing problems with antisocial behaviour and the public response to
2024-679: The Great Northern Warehouse . After the decline of the cotton trade and the Manchester Blitz , the city centre suffered economic decline during the mid-20th century, but the CIS Tower ranked as the tallest building in the UK when completed in 1962. The city centre acts as the transport interchange for Greater Manchester and over 7 million people live within an hour's drive of it. The 1996 Manchester bombing provided
2112-512: The LGBT community . The area has long been associated with the gay community with links going back to the early 20th century when homosexuality was still illegal. During the industrial years the area was a red light district . At the 2001 UK census , the political ward of "Central", which covers an area of 2.14 square miles (5.54 km ), had a population of 11,689 with a population density of 5,460 inhabitants per square mile (2,108/km ). While this
2200-532: The Manchester Arndale in 1975 shifted the retail focus towards the area bounded by Market Street, Corporation Street, Withy Grove and High Street. Despite the Arndale's unpopularity with many critics, it has been described as an outstandingly successful shopping centre by visitor numbers and spending. Today the Arndale attracts 41 million visitors a year and is the largest city centre shopping centre in
2288-789: The Manchester Opera House (opened 1912). In 2008, plans emerged to redevelop the Palace Theatre as a northern base for the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet however these plans were shelved and both theatres were purchased by the Ambassador Theatre Group for £90m. In recent years the Group have launched the 'Manchester Gets It First' campaign and a number of high-profile musicals have premiered in Manchester such as Ghost in 2011. The Royal Exchange ,
2376-707: The Middle Ages , and was the site of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. Manchester was granted city status in 1853, after the Industrial Revolution , from which the city centre emerged as the global centre of the cotton trade which encouraged its "splendidly imposing commercial architecture" during the Victorian era , such as the Royal Exchange , the Corn Exchange , the Free Trade Hall , and
2464-515: The Middle Ages , what is now the city centre was the township of Manchester . Manchester Castle – a medieval fortification, probably taking the form of a ringwork – was located on a bluff where the rivers Irk and Irwell meet. The castle was first mentioned in 1184 and recorded in 1215 as belonging to the barons of Manchester, the Grelley family. It has been described as "of no political or military importance". The Grelleys replaced
2552-470: The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). For many years Castlefield was on a tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Status for its industrial past – particularly in regards to the development of the canal as a mode of transportation and the railway. The Northern Quarter is in the north east and is known as a hub for alternate and bohemian culture in Manchester. Previously the area was the retail heart of
2640-532: The Northern Quarter , regarded by some as the central district's creative hub. The quarter is well-provided with bars of various sizes; these include TV 21, Bar Fringe, the cocktail bar Apotheca and Trof. Live music venues may also be found here, including the Night & Day Cafe, MOHO Live and jazz bar Matt & Phred's. There are two major theatres in the city centre, the Palace Theatre (opened 1891) and
2728-461: The Transport for Greater Manchester Manchester public transport network , providing interchange between bus and Metrolink tram services: The square is surrounded by buildings that cover the ages of modern Manchester. From old Victorian warehouses and shops dating from the Industrial Revolution and Manchester's role as the cotton marketing capital to the new office block development which
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2816-684: The Whitworth Art Gallery , Imperial War Museum North and The Lowry . Manchester City Centre has four railway stations in the Manchester station group : Piccadilly, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate. Metrolink is the light rail tram service that operates in Central Manchester. The services are usually 6 mins in the peak and 12 mins off-peak to most destinations, all of which are within Greater Manchester. As of 2021 there are eight lines operating, connecting
2904-432: The urban sprawl , so many decided to migrate. The area's beginnings are rooted in the restaurant business, as many Chinese restaurants surfaced soon after the immigration boom. By the 1970s other Chinese businesses began to emerge, such as medicine shops, Chinese supermarkets, as well as financial and legal services, all serving the employees of the expanding number of Chinese restaurants in the area. The area has retained
2992-435: The 1910s and 1920s. In the 1930s, it was finally decided not to erect a new building on the former hospital site, but to turn it into a public garden. The area was landscaped and a sunken garden was laid out on the footprint of the former hospital basement, with formal flower beds, a rose garden and flowering cherry trees . In the centre of the new gardens the Corporation placed a bronze sculpture entitled Adrift , depicting
3080-409: The 1930s. The Manchester Public Free Library Reference Department was housed on the site for a number of years before the move to Manchester Central Library in 1934. Following the demolition of the hospital, the use of the empty site was uncertain for some years. There was a proposal to erect a new municipal art gallery on the site, and plans were drawn up by the architect Ernest Berry Webber for
3168-440: The 1990s, the sunken garden had fallen out of favour. It was considered by some to be an unwelcoming space, cut off from the main city activity, and its secluded aspect attracted alcoholicsm, vagrants and drug users. Following the 1996 Manchester bombing , an urban renewal programme was initiated across the city centre. Manchester City Council initiated an international competition for the redesign of Piccadilly Gardens, and in 1998
3256-399: The 2003 landscaping, Manchester City Council announced a fresh urban design competition to redesign Piccadilly Gardens once again. The council has stated that the aim of the £25 million project will be to create a "world class" public space with a "uniquely Mancunian" identity. It is planned that the winning bid will be announced in spring 2023. Piccadilly Gardens is a major transport hub on
3344-646: The Chapel Court at Jesus College, Cambridge . Working with red brick, the court with a central castellated tower blends harmoniously with its surroundings. In 1888 the partnership unsuccessfully entered the competition to design Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City ; the eventual winners were the New York firm of Heins & LaFarge . The church of St Mary and All Saints, Willingham ,
3432-581: The City Art Gallery on Mosley Street. During World War II , many warehouse buildings along Parker Street on the southern side of Piccadilly Gardens were destroyed by bombing during the Manchester Blitz . As part of the urban renewal in the aftermath of the war, The City of Manchester Plan was published by the City Corporation in 1945, which envisaged widespread redevelopment of the city centre. A "people’s place" entertainments centre
3520-523: The City's sense of place, providing aesthetic quality and strong references to the City's past, which will always be a central part of Manchester's character. Development which fails to respond to the opportunities that this context affords should not be supported. Recent development, including Urbis and the Courts of Justice , has demonstrated how modern architecture of the highest standard can succeed alongside
3608-466: The Manchester's industrial era. Today, Castlefield is quiet and noted for its waterside bars and pubs. Notable structures include Manchester Liverpool Road station which was the first inter-city railway station on the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. Today the station frontage remains and is Grade I listed, as is the adjoining 1830s warehouse . The structure now forms part of
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3696-735: The Mosley family. In 1755, with the assent of Sir Oswald Mosley, the Manchester Royal Infirmary was built here. In 1763, the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum was built next to the Manchester Royal Infirmary. It later moved to Cheadle in 1849, and is now Cheadle Royal Hospital . In 1854, the area was laid out by the Manchester Corporation as a public esplanade, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton . The "Daub Holes" were turned into
3784-550: The United Kingdom. The area has been extensively redeveloped after the IRA bomb of 1996 and contains Manchester Cathedral , Shambles Square , Exchange Square and Cathedral Gardens , as well as shopping streets Market Street and King Street . Since the bomb, Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and NEXT have opened dedicated large stores in the area. Not all shops are strictly in the retail area with many in Deansgate and King Street –
3872-471: The administratively separate City of Salford , and an area of Oxford Road to the south. Political and economic ties between the city centre and neighbouring Salford and Trafford have strengthened with the shift from town and district centres to metropolitan-level centres in England. Manchester city centre is the commercial heart of Greater Manchester and with adjoining parts of Salford and Trafford
3960-404: The area was levelled out and reconfigured in 2002 with a water feature and concrete pavilion by Japanese architect Tadao Ando . Piccadilly Gardens are located in Manchester city centre , just to the south of the Northern Quarter . The green space is bounded on four sides by streets: Mosley Street to the west, Parker Street to the south and Portland Street to the east; along the northern side
4048-454: The area was occupied by water-filled clay pits called the "Daub Holes". The street running along the northern edge was then called Lever's Row, later renamed Piccadilly . In the 18th century, Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Rolleston , Lord of the Manor of Manchester, donated the land to the city on condition that it should remain in public use in perpetuity, on pain of the land reverting to
4136-508: The castle with a fortified manor house , which in turn was replaced by a college of priests (founded in 1421). In 1547 the college was dissolved and the property acquired by the Earl of Derby and early in the reign of King Charles II it was sold to the governors who had been appointed in the will of Humphrey Chetham . By royal charter in 1665 Chetham's Hospital was established and this became Chetham's School of Music . Manchester city centre
4224-633: The centre's principal retail streets and King Street (with high-class shops) and St Ann's Square are known for their specialist fashion and other shops. There is also a large indoor shopping mall called the Manchester Arndale Centre . Manchester city centre has several large department stores including Marks and Spencer on Market Street, House of Fraser on Deansgate, Harvey Nichols on New Cathedral Street and Selfridges in Exchange Square. There are many leisure facilities in
4312-620: The centrepiece of the new sunken gardens. It remained there until 1953, when it was relocated to the south end of the gardens. It was replaced with a commemorative fountain to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . When the Salford painter L. S. Lowry created his 1954 oil painting Piccadilly Gardens , the Coronation Fountain is clearly visible in the centre of the view amid the sunken flower beds. The painting hangs in
4400-607: The city centre but with the opening of the Manchester Arndale in the 1970s patronage gradually dwindled and vacant buildings were commonplace. In the late 1980s the area was renamed as the Northern Quarter in the hope that the area would be reincarnated from the ground up. Following the boom of the late 90s and early 2000s the area has become a popular destination for shops, bars, restaurants and nightclub – many of which have an independent ethos. The opening of
4488-520: The city centre including the Printworks , a large facility containing a cinema (including an IMAX screen), numerous bars, clubs and restaurants and also Manchester's first Hard Rock Cafe . The Northern Quarter , centred on Oldham Street, is known for its Bohemian atmosphere and independent shops and cafes. The landscaping of the city centre has provided several public spaces including Piccadilly Gardens , which incorporates fountains, green spaces,
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#17327766238434576-642: The city centre prime office space with 44 commercial organisation employing nearly 20,000 people. Notable buildings in the area include 1 The Avenue , 3 Hardman Street and the Civil Justice Centre – short-listed for the Stirling Prize and noted as a landmark building for its distinctive cantilevers. Future buildings include the Cotton Building and construction commenced in summer 2014 and will be completed by 2016. Construction on
4664-498: The city centre was required. The 2CC runs from Victoria station to St Peter's Square via Exchange Square, Corporation Street, Cross Street and Princess Street. Utility works on re-routing gas and water supplies began in January 2014 and lasted for over a year. The works impacted heavily on parts of the city centre with streets and pavements closed off and awkward diversions introduced. There are also 2 major bus interchanges located in
4752-575: The city centre with termini at Altrincham , Ashton-under-Lyne , Bury , East Didsbury , Eccles , Manchester Airport , MediaCityUK , Rochdale and the Trafford Centre . A new line through the city centre was recently constructed. Metrolink stops in the city centre currently are: Two stations used to serve the city centre but have been closed: To facilitate the Metrolink expansion and increased tram frequency an alternative route through
4840-409: The city centre; Manchester Piccadilly bus station and Shudehill Interchange which all serve local bus services to areas in the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs, as well as some from the surrounding counties of Cheshire , Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire . Chorlton Street coach station provides long-distance coach services operated by National Express to cities across Great Britain. Shudehill
4928-482: The confines of Great Ancoats Street , A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) Mancunian Way , which collectively form an inner ring road . The City Centre ward had a population of 17,861 at the 2011 census . Manchester city centre evolved from the civilian vicus of the Roman fort of Mamucium , on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell . This became the township of Manchester during
5016-519: The derelict Odeon site and London Scottish House adjacent to the Midland Hotel. As part of the redevelopment, the Cenotaph was relocated outside Manchester Town Hall in 2014 and St Peter's Square tram stop was redeveloped with an additional platform and new configuration in 2016. Chinatown is an area to the south of Piccadilly Gardens with many oriental restaurants and other facilities of
5104-612: The established built fabric of the City Centre. Castlefield is an area in the extreme southwest between Deansgate and the River Irwell with the sites of the Roman fort and Liverpool Road Railway Station. It retains much of its industrial character and is the only Urban Heritage Park in the United Kingdom, and is marked by its mercantile 19th warehouses and adjoining wharfs which were used to transport goods from Manchester during
5192-552: The eve of a Chinese immigration wave that would commence during the 1950s. Manchester did not have a significant Chinese population, reaching only about 2,000. However, after World War II , there were severe labour shortages, and in response, the government passed the British Nationality Act 1948 , which allowed easier access into the country. Additionally, Hong Kong's rapid urbanisation meant that many farmers and traditional residents' homes were being destroyed by
5280-543: The figure for the City of Manchester (34.0%) but slightly above that of the whole of England (28.9%). The ward had a significantly higher percentage of adults with a diploma or degree than the city or England as a whole. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 26.3% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, or health visitor, compared to 21.4% in Manchester and 19.9% nationwide. Deansgate and Market Street are
5368-469: The food and drink offering with a number of popular restaurants and bars in the area. Footfall, particularly in the evening after work hours, has increased, and revenue from retail and leisure in Spinningfields has risen from £10 million in 2008 to £50 million in 2014. Piccadilly is the transport interchange of the city centre with rail, tram and bus services all within a five-minute walk. The area
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#17327766238435456-429: The fundraising stage. Designs for the existing school buildings had been begun by his father in 1848, although construction did not begin until 1854. In 1872 Carpenter was responsible for the design of the pulpit at Jesus Church, Forty Hill , Enfield, Middlesex . This led to a commission in 1874 for a complete church at Enfield, St Michael and All Angels. built in ragstone in a fourteenth-century Gothic style, with
5544-610: The gardens by 11%. Its construction helped to fund the gardens redevelopment scheme. The Piccadilly Gardens project was shortlisted in 2003 for the British Construction Industry Awards . Problems subsequently emerged with the redesigned gardens. The grassed areas frequently become damaged and turn to mud after some public use; and must be re-turfed regularly. The design has been criticised for its "cold, modernistic" style. Tadao Ando's concrete partition wall has proved unpopular and has been likened to
5632-411: The impetus for the redevelopment of the city centre and an upturn in retail, leisure, offices and urban living. The economy of the city centre is built primarily on retail and services, accounting for nearly 40% of Grade-A city centre office space outside London. Manchester evolved from the civilian vicus associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium , which was established c. AD 79 on
5720-471: The largest of Manchester warehouses: Watts Warehouse (architects Travis & Mangnall). From 2013 to 2015, the Wheel of Manchester was based in the square. A number of statues stand around Piccadilly Gardens commemorating noted figures. These four statues stand on what was the esplanade of the infirmary and were erected at different times before the hospital closed: John Cassidy's 1907 sculpture Adrift
5808-409: The levels above (once the home of Piccadilly Radio ) are available. The Thistle Hotel stands on the south-eastern side of Piccadilly Gardens . The hotel was originally three cotton warehouses (with a fourth standing to the left) which made up the four warehouses designed by Edward Walters between 1851 and 1858. Also, there is the Grade II* listed Britannia Hotel on Portland Street which was formerly
5896-412: The new Shambles Square adjacent to Manchester Cathedral . There are a great variety of restaurants in the city centre. There are also a good stock of hotels in the city centre which include the Midland , the Hilton within the Beetham Tower , and Kimpton Clocktower . Manchester city centre has many nightclubs, many of which follow in the footsteps of the Haçienda nightclub which has now closed;
5984-416: The plans for an earlier restoration of this church. In 1879 Carpenter and Ingelow received the commission to create the topographical crown of Nathaniel Woodard's schools – Ellesmere College with its "H" plan and gothic facade looking out over a quadrangle, terraces and playing fields towards the hills of Wales. In 1884 Carpenter and Ingelow received an important commission to design what is today known as
6072-416: The redevelopment of the site, Parker Street Bus Station was opened on the south side of the gardens, and was extended in 1935. This provided a central transport interchange for bus passengers. In 1991, construction work began on a new light rail transport network, Manchester Metrolink . New tram lines were laid along the southern and western sides of Piccadilly Gardens, and a new tram stop constructed. By
6160-545: The renovated Mercure Hotel (formerly known as the Ramada Manchester Piccadilly and Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel); the refurbishment was completed in 2008. The huge tower block, originally known as Sunley Tower, was renamed City Tower . In 2005 the Plaza underwent large-scale remodelling with recladding of the tower and cleaning of concrete façades. The whole complex has benefited from increased investment from Bruntwood Ltd , which bought Piccadilly Plaza in 2004–05, and now several retail outlets on ground level, and large office space on
6248-455: The school's purchase of a 196-acre (0.79 km ) site at Ardingly in 1862. He was taken into partnership with Slater in 1863 and was admitted ARIBA on 15 June of that year, his proposers being Slater, Mair and the St Pancras surveyor Henry Baker. In partnership with William Slater he designed the Gothic buildings of Denstone College (1868–73) The school buildings, hall, chapel and war memorial are all listed Grade II. The school's chapel
6336-499: The site has been redeveloped as a housing complex. There is a gay village around the Canal Street area in the east of the city centre, which plays host to an annual Gay Pride Festival, and a large Chinatown with numerous far eastern style restaurants. The area to the west which is bisected by Deansgate and crossed by Peter Street is also well-provided with bars and some clubs (e.g. The Moon under Water and Ampersand). Rafters
6424-559: The sixteenth century by Sir Christopher Hatton , Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I ; one of the largest and grandest houses in England, it had been subsequently sold to James I and became a royal palace. Following the Civil War it had been mostly demolished. In 1873 Carpenter was employed by the owner Viscountess Clifden to recreate the Elizabethan house incorporating the little that remained of it. Although Carpenter's house
6512-479: The winners were announced from a shortlist of six. The landscape architects EDAW were the successful bidders, along with their design partners Arup , the Japanese architect Tadao Ando , local architects Chapman Robinson and lighting engineer Peter Fink. Between 2001 and 2003, the gardens were redeveloped by EDAW, with aim of creating a " world class " public space for a twenty-four-hour city. The overall cost
6600-521: Was a nightclub located in St James's Buildings . A number of bands played concerts at Rafters in the 1970s and 1980s. Rafters closed in 1983. In its final years the DJ was Mike Shaft who appeared on Piccadilly Radio with Takin' Care of Business . After that the club was renamed as Jilly's which existed to 1993, after which the club was called MusicBox. The city centre also has many bars, mostly located in
6688-506: Was added in 1879–87 by Carpenter and Ingelow in a late 13th-century Gothic style; it consists of a four bay nave with polygonal apse. Also in 1868, Carpenter started work on the ambitious Gothic chapel – with an internal height of 94 feet (29 m) – at Lancing College in Sussex. Work continued long after Carpenter's death; the projected tower was never built; plans to complete the west end have since been resurrected and as at 2013 were at
6776-516: Was again working in Northamptonshire, this time working in a thirteenth-century design for the new chancel at the church of St Margaret Luddington-in-the-Brook . A large project in 1877 was the full scale restoration of the church of St Mary the Virgin at Goudhurst , Kent. This included the building of a vestry and a large part of the south aisle. Carpenter, working in 1865 with William Slater, who had been in partnership with his father, had prepared
6864-403: Was created with a landscaped garden set into the ground – hence the name. The area has a dedicated tram station and bus station which has over 20 stands. Most of the stands are located on the south-west side of the square with the rest on the north side. Peter's Fields, now known as St Peter's Square sits at the top of Oxford Road and Peter Street and extends east towards Princess Street . It
6952-407: Was erected along with a curved concrete wall to obscure the tram line. Selected species of trees were planted including London Plane , fastigiated oak , flowering pear and magnolia . Most of the original statues were retained in situ. A new seven-storey office building designed by Allies and Morrison , One Piccadilly Gardens , was erected on the eastern side of the gardens, reducing the size of
7040-406: Was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing . The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The area is noted for glazed, modern buildings – many of which are offices. In 2010, Spinningfields accounted for 35% of
7128-441: Was lower than the population density for the whole city (8,798 inhabitants per square mile (3,397/km )), the proportion of land dedicated to domestic buildings was lower in the ward than in the whole city (6.7% compared to 8.0%). There was a female-to-male ratio of 100 to 113, much higher than the 100 to 95 ratio for all England. Of those over 16 years old, 65.7% were single (never married), 13.7% married, and 8.7% divorced; this
7216-518: Was only an eighth the size of the former palace, the completed Elizabethan-style mansion was an architectural success. The many gabled stone new house, with tall ornamental chimneys and mullioned windows was approached through the original tripartite arches of the former palace. In 1887 Carpenter returned to Holdenby to design the great panelled entrance hall. It is at Holdenby, away from the ecclesiastical Gothic, that Carpenter's versatility of style as an architect can truly be seen. By 1875 Carpenter
7304-656: Was opened so the bus system was directional. Richard Carpenter (architect) Richard Herbert Carpenter (July 1841 – 18 April 1893) was an English Gothic Revival architect. Carpenter was born 1841 in St Pancras , England, the son of the tractarian architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter and his wife Amelia. He is best known for his collaboration with Benjamin Ingelow ; their architectural practice, founded by Carpenter's father and based in Marylebone , London,
7392-583: Was proposed for Piccadilly Gardens, encompassing a cinema, a theatre, dance halls, an ice-skating rink, a boxing stadium and restaurants, and the surrounding gardens were to be floodlit. The plan was mostly unrealised. Between 1959 and 1965 the empty bombsite on Parker Street was redeveloped and a complex of Modernist buildings was erected, collectively known as Piccadilly Plaza : the Piccadilly Hotel, Sunley House and Bernard House, designed by Covell, Matthews & Partners . In 1931, as part of
7480-875: Was removed from Piccadilly Gardens in 2003 to make way for the construction of the One Piccadilly Gardens office block; it now stands in front of the Central Library in St Peter's Square . The 1953 Coronation Fountain was removed during the 2002 redesign of the gardens and has been installed in Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield . Manchester city centre Manchester City Centre is the central business district of Manchester , in Greater Manchester , England, within
7568-401: Was responsible for the construction or of many ecclesiastical properties. Carpenter attended Charterhouse School and began his architectural career working with his late father's partner William Slater . Following Slater's death in 1872, Carpenter went into partnership with the chief assistant in the practice, Benjamin Ingelow. Carpenter worked as architect to Ardingly College following
7656-499: Was significantly different from the national figures of 30.2% single, 43.5% married, and 8.2% divorced. The ward's 6,188 households included 61.1% one-person, 8.6% married couples living together, 9.0% were co-habiting couples, and 12.4% single parents with their children; compared to national figures, there was a high proportion of single person households, and a low proportion of married couples living together. Of those aged 16–74, 30.5% had no academic qualifications , lower than
7744-424: Was £20.7 million. The 1930s sunken garden was removed and filled in to create a flat plane of lawns. New paths were laid along geometric lines and arcs, surfaced in sandstone and blue Welsh slate. At the centre, a large oval fountain plaza was installed, equipped with computer-controlled fountain jets. On the south side, adjacent to the tram and bus interchange, a new concrete modernist pavilion designed by Tadao Ando
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