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Encyclopedia > Cathedral Gardens
Cathedral Gardens, Manchester

Cathedral Gardens is an open space in Manchester, UK. It is bounded by Victoria Station to the north, Chetham's School of Music to the west, the perimeter of Manchester Cathedral and The Triangle on Fennel Street to the south and Urbis to the east. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Chethams School of Music, familiarly known as Chets, is a specialist music school in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... Manchester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral is a Medieval church located on Victoria Street in central Manchester. ... The Triangle at the Corn Exchange The Corn Exchange in Manchester, England was built in 1897. ... The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester. ...

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Earliest History

The area around the Cathedral in 1650

Until the industrial revolution, Manchester was little more than a small market town, and the town centre centred on the cathedral. The area where Cathedral Gardens now stands was enclosed by small cottages. After the industrial revolution Manchester quickly built up, and the centre of Manchester shifted further south. Cathedral Gardens is over-looked by Chetham's Library, part of the Chetham's School of Music, where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote. Engels' work The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 focused to a great extent on the lives of the people living in the area known as "Little Ireland" Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A Watt steam engine. ... Chethams Library in Manchester was founded in 1653 and claims the distinction of being the oldest public library in the English-speaking world. ... Chethams School of Music, familiarly known as Chets, is a specialist music school in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820, Wuppertal – August 5, 1895, London), a 19th-century German political philosopher, developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx, co-authoring The Communist Manifesto (1848). ... The Condition of the Working Class is the best-known work of Friedrich Engels, and in many ways still the best study of the working class in Victorian England. ...


After the Victoria railway station was built in the 1860s, the site housed travellers hotels and shops, and this was the situation until urban planning of the 1980s, demolished the now derelict hotel which faced south along Fennel Street looking directly at the Corn Exchange, now The Triangle shopping precinct. Manchester Victoria Manchester Victoria railway station is the second of Manchesters mainline railway stations, now being much less important than Manchester Piccadilly station. ...


The site remained empty, used as a car park until the regeneration of Manchester city centre.


The Manchester IRA Bombing

The Provisional IRA carried out various phases of bombings of mainland British Cities, for thirty years. Manchester was variously targeted in the 1990s, which culminated in the Manchester IRA bombing on June 11th, 1996. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... The devastation on Corporation Street after the bombing. ...


The bombing, which happened on a warm Saturday morning, whilst Manchester was hosting a European football event (UEFA 1996) was the largest bombing on British soil. It created devastation up to in a radius of half a mile of the impact site. The Marks and Spencer store was damaged beyond useful repair. Nobody was killed. The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 96) was hosted by England. ... Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ...


Regeneration of Manchester

After the bombing, the British government, awarded Manchester City Council an award of several million pounds, to redevelop the most damaged sites in the city. After an International competition, several architects were charged with creating an accessible open space linking St Anne’s Square to the Cathedral. After the completion of the new Marks and Spencer flagship store (then the largest in the world) and the Urbis gallery, Cathedral Gardens was opened up to the public. Manchester City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. ... At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Manchester was a small rural town little more than a village, with many fields and timber framed houses; A large cornfield named Acres Field became the site for St Anns church, which is now St Anns Square. ... The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester. ...


Layout

Cathedral Gardens comprises wide areas of grassy plots, surrounded by paved walking areas and stylised concrete sitting areas. On the west side, runs a short water feature.


With Exchange Square, it provides a haven for commuters, shoppers, residents and workers, from Manchester’s busy and overcrowded streets. The Exchange Square is located in Manchester, the United Kingdom. ...


Youths

The open paved areas quickly became popular with Skateboarders and this attracted large numbers of ‘alternative youth’. The ‘alterative youth’ have been charged with misdemeanours such as spitting, swearing, dropping litter and skateboarding. Manchester City Council is currently in the process of drawing up a Dispersal Order, to abate large number of youths congregating in the vicinity. Manchesters Cathedral Gardens, the area surrounding the citys Urbis museum, is often used as a hang out place for subcultural teenagers such as emo kids, goths, and moshers. ... sorry we do not have any info on this topic please try looksmart. ...


However they may not need to do this as they have proposed a "beach" to cover most of the area covered by 'alternative youth'. However, many think that they are just using the beach to dispose of the ever increasing population of youth culture.


See Also

Coordinates: 53°29′08″N, 2°14′34″W The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester. ... Manchester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral is a Medieval church located on Victoria Street in central Manchester. ... The Triangle at the Corn Exchange The Corn Exchange in Manchester, England was built in 1897. ... City of Manchester. ... Manchesters Cathedral Gardens, the area surrounding the citys Urbis museum, is often used as a hang out place for subcultural teenagers such as emo kids, goths, and moshers. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 

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