EAST MANCHESTER BUILDING BOOM | Along Eastlink to Co-op Live & Etihad Stadium
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
- In this video, we make our way along the pedestrian route from Piccadilly station in the city centre to Sportcity, Co-op Live and the Etihad Stadium. Along the way we look at construction sites, old buildings, new buildings, then and now comparisons, stunning drone shots, canalside vistas and lots more.
The main construction sites are the Fairfax residential towers next to Piccadilly station and the Etihad Stadium extension. Co-op Live was completed around April 2024 but the first concerts were delayed due to electrical and other problems in the building .
The Eastlink route from Holt town to the Etihad campus was set up to provide a welcoming walkway for people going on foot to football matches or concerts. The Eastlink route from the city centre to the Commonwealth Games site was used during the games in 2002. I have selected some of my photographs from Manchester in 2002 as well as some black and white shots from the 1990s, so we can compare how things have changed.
This area will continue to develop, so I intend to return in the future to track the changes. Keep watching Eyewitness in Manchester. Don't forget to like, subscribe, comment and share.
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As ever I am interested to read your comments - though it might take me some time to reply to them, please bear with me! Please switch on the subtitles if you want to - I spend a lot of time making sure they are fully corrected!
I have been walking that route ever since we moved to the new ground and every year it gets better. I hope the developments you speak of happen. I live in the City centre and absolutely love what has happened to the City in the last few years. Perhaps it does prices people out. But it does at least look beautiful. Walking down Deansgate in the evening with the Sun glinting off the towers is stunning. I like the pedestrianisation of routes too like Oxford Rd. Walking up Oxford Rd in the evening towards St Peters Sq is uplifting. I visit other cities in England such as Leeds and London and there is no comparison. It puzzles me why no one seems to copy Manchester but perhaps its because there is a young middle class here that other cities do not have? Manchester has so many students. Many are overseas students. I think some of them stay. Turn that tap off, as some has suggested, and it would be a disaster.
Many thanks for those observations. Very positive!😊
Single-handedly documenting Manchester. Great work, as always.
Thanks. And Liverpool!
@@AidanEyewitnessYou can't go wrong with the big northern 3: Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. All are great in their own way.
Etihad stadium expansion and hotel very nice
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Another great update on town's development. Thanks for doing and posting. Had to chuckle when I heard Every St mentioned. Back in the 80s when ny wife worked that side of town she heard on the wireless that Every St in Manchester was closed so she took the day off work. It was a genuine mistake.
Reminds me of a childhood memory from the 80's as well...sat in a black taxi as a ten year old and the cabbie said to us "I'm going to take you down every street in Manchester", I replied "why can't we just go home?!"
Ha ha, easy mistake to make. I wonder where the name Every Street comes from? Many thanks!
Ha ha, that’s funny!
I used to live in those apartments just round the corner from Sparkle Street between 2008-2011 and then I lived in the Piccadilly Basin apartments just further up in 2011-12. Piccadilly Basin, I think, was one of the earlier Manchester developments, in 1990-ish, around the canals there. I liked it there but the apartment were starting to show their age - ours still hold the original single-pane glazing wooden windows, which were freezing in winter!
Anyway, the view and busy development now is amazing! Back in 2012, Sparkle Street was very much a quiet, hidden area with old - some abandoned, some small-business occupied - mills and warehouses and cleared industrial sites, although they added the new Metrolink Piccadilly approach line there just as I was leaving in 2012.
Again, thank you so much for documenting the ever-changing Manchester!
Announced the plans for a 10-27 storey tower for 400 homes on Sparkle Street. Apparently there's some derelict warehouses there presently.
Thanks for this information! Helps to expand the picture. Many thanks!
Thanks! 3 years ago I moved from Manchester to another country but thanks to your videos I can still track its buildings ! :) cheers
That’s great. I also lived abroad over a period of five years. When I got back, just after the Manchester bomb and started to document the changes. Many thanks!
Always love your videos
That’s great to hear, many thanks!
The Commonwealth games were 22 years ago in 2002, Manchester has changed so much in such a short time, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worst, I suppose it is now the second city, although for me it's always the number one
I agree. I was once in a fight with a colleague from Birmingham about that point. I said both cities have a claim to that (dubious) honour, but he wasn’t having it! I prefer to avoid that question now!
Please could you make content about the towns in Greater Manchester such as Bolton?
I plan to, but there is more interest in the central area, Manchester city centre and Salford and that’s where the big construction is going on. I’ll keep your request in mind, thanks.
03:45 That CHiPS building has been a nightmare since it was built! The communal heating and water systems did not work for months after completion in 2009. There have been frequent problems with car vandalism and burglaries in the building and parking areas. Residents reported cracks appearing in the building as its aged. The building management company has been criticised for poor communication, lack of transparency, and prioritizing profits over residents' concerns. And of course following the Grenfell disaster, the government is seeking a £46 M contribution from the developer Urban Splash to cover the costs of cladding it and 5 other buildings.
Oh dear, that sounds bad. But I’ve heard of many other new buildings with major faults in them. Many thanks for the information 🙂
Sorry to hear that. I know what it's like to walk home, and go up the stairs and wonder if your front door is in one piece. Do people use that plot of land around the tramline near Holt Station that was said to be disputed? I see geese there, and the occasional dog walker but I don't see locals use it, but I don't think they would on a match day. There's a lot of rubble their and mud, and geese poo. I don't think many people would want to spend time there? Hopefully they develop it and make it nice as long as the locals agree. I would be in favour of more development, not less.
Hope Mill is a theatre, if you get a chance go as they have some wonderful products there.
Thanks, I didn’t know! I’ll take a look. I help NK Theatre Arts Romiley with photography. They do some great productions.
Big names too. Dame Maureen Lipman was on, in a one woman show.
great video. im from beswick, born in 1995 and its so interesting how things have changed now, once a very rough area really and its improving a bit. i still hope some parts never change though just for nostalgia purposes
Many thanks! Yes I agree totally. Nice to hear from people with a local connection
Well done great video
Thanks very much!
Loved it
Many thanks!
Sparkle Street to get some sparkle?
Plans are for a 10 to 27 storey tower with 400 homes. Some derelict warehouses apparently cover some of the site.
That was a co-incidence that I featured Sparkle Street. I like the name!
Manchester and Liverpool both have this great proliferation of smart, modern, affordable apartments. Contrasted with council blocks or projects for the super rich (and sprawling housing estates of course) this is exactly what the UK needs.
It was always dodgy walking round there. Hopefully better now.
Yes it’s changing and will be a favoured residential area soon. 😊
Affordable in comparison to London or Dublin and for people on good salaries. Building homes is the solution to the housing crisis. Many thanks for your comment.
That triangular site you mention is a strange one! Not sure what is actually happening there, been like that for 6 months, but the excavator seems to move a lot. A new diggerland perhaps? 😂
I’m sure something will be built there sooner or later!
Is it safer round there now? I worked up there, and we got broken into as well as being attacked once.
Oh dear, I think so but best ask someone who lives there.
I am just gobsmacked at what is happening in Manchester. There is nothing in the world comparable. Talk about Phoenix from the ashes. A great city of the nineteenth century is becoming a great city of the twenty first century.
Nothing comparable in the world?! How'd you work that out!? Yes, in the UK outside of London and Birmingham.
@@linndrumfan1959 Perhaps l should qualified my comment. Manchester is the world’s first truly industrial city and people from around the world came to see it, including de Tocqueville. All former industrial cities struggle and where regeneration does occur, such as German and Dutch cities, there is huge investment by central government. Manchester has done it on its own. The place is barely recognizable from 30 years ago. I forget off hand the number of new jobs they have created but it is the hundreds of thousands. I am not a Manc incidentally and have no brief for it. In fact l prefer Scouseland! I should also say l worked in regeneration and taught it as a subject for many years and have written about it
@@linndrumfan1959For cranes it has the most, except Toronto in the Western World, so that comment in reference to the U.K. is correct.
It’s certainly unique in the UK, though there are plenty of cities around the world with stronger development. It’s definitely a phoenix rising from the ashes!
@@AidanEyewitness For sure!
I like Oxygen. That and the new hotel near it, have an Angeleno look to them.
Angeleno - of Los Angeles - interesting comment. I’d like to visit there.
Are they starting building work on Fire station?
All I’ve heard is that work is ongoing inside the building.
what do the prospective occupiers of these buildings do to pay their rent/mortgages, how do they contribute to the local economy ,these are the slums of the future
There are lots of people earning high salaries in tech and financial jobs. They pay council tax and spend their money in the local economy. Will they be slums in 25 years? That’s a good question, but the traditional-style apartments by the canal seem to be in reasonably good condition. Many thanks for your comment. 😊
Thanks to UAE
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When will the next Liverpool update video be?
The next one will be on Liverpool. On the days when I could have done a shoot, the weather was rainy. Fingers crossed sunshine for this weekend.
@@AidanEyewitness exciting!
Is progress really progress I can’t be sure….
It depends on what factors you're basing it on. You didn't say, so it's hard to judge.
Another good essay title! 2000 words for this Friday please! 😊
Looks as if they are starting the building work on the old shopping centre on Gt Ancoats st. ( does anybody know what actually is going on there)
Is that the one at the junction of Ashton Ild Road, the metallic building?
You mean where the old Central Retail Park used to be?
Supposed to be the new digital and data centre for the Civil Service.
i wish they would stop building new stuff and start maintaining the old stuff, the city looks like its in the transition from old to modern and it looks scruffy.
It’s difficult to do both. Manchester is going to look like a ‘work in progress’ for many years.
There are lots of very old buildings that are being renovated, the first that comes to mind is the old bank in St peters square
Video is way too fast paced for my liking.
I agree it felt a bit too rushed and disjointed, almost as though Aidan wanted to wrap it up as swiftly as he could. However, the manner in which he decides to do so is his choice, regardless of our opinions.
Thanks for the feedback. Fast paced videos often do better on RUclips than slow paced ones. I try out different styles. The viewing figures for this video are very good, third most viewed in the first hours of all my videos. Ruaridh McVeigh’s videos are slower paced with no music. They’re good but I prefer a faster style. I’ll keep your comments in mind!
I often won’t watch a video that’s too long, though this one came out at 8 mins 45, shorter than my usual 10-11 minutes. I’ll try a slower pace in the next one.
@@AidanEyewitness No worries, Aidan. You produce and edit your videos however you prefer; I was just being overly critical and feeling somewhat negative and depressed today. I apologise. I'll continue to watch and support you regardless. Thanks again for the update. 😎👍
Manchester is very poor hence the lack of maintenance and cleaning. The crime is at third world levels , shocking for Europe.
You haven't a clue what you're talking about.
It’s true there is poverty in Manchester but there is also great wealth. The difference is too big. I wouldn’t say crime is at 3rd world levels, though some areas have more crime problems than others. Thanks for your comment.
Worse in London