 City of Manchester.
 Manchester City Centre from the south. Manchester City Centre is at the heart of the City of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. Manchester City Centre has been extensively redeveloped in recent years. This redevelopment was prompted by the IRA bombing of the city in 1996. This event and the awarding of the 2002 Commonwealth Games to the city have proved to be the catalyst for much change in the area. map showing Manchester within England File links The following pages link to this file: Talk:London Manchester Manchester City Centre Categories: GFDL images ...
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Manchester is a city in England, considered by many to be the countrys second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and big business. ...
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...
North West England is one of the regions of England. ...
The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ...
The devastation on Corporation Street after the bombing. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ...
One of the most notable effects of this redevelopment has been a large increase in property development in the City Centre and there are now nearly 5000 residential properties in the City Centre, mostly in the form of apartments. Well over half of these have been built since 1996. Some of the most notable developments are No. 1 Deansgate and Urban Splash. The prices of these homes has also risen and the first £2 million penthouse was sold in 2002 and due to the promotion, witnessed in other cities in England, of inner city living. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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Urban Splash which was setup in 1993, is a company which regenerates decaying industrial warehouses and mills into modern apartments and penthouses as well as construct new build developments. ...
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The Castlefield area of the City Centre has seen particular change and now has a vibrant nightlife as well as being home to many houses and offices. Castlefield Castlefield in Manchester, UK was a site where the Roman Empire established a fort. ...
Manchester City Centre has many nightclubs, many of which following in the footsteps of the Hacienda nightclub which has now closed and the site redeveloped as a housing complex. There is a large gay village around the Canal Street area of the city centre, which plays host to an annual Mardi Gras, and also the largest Chinatown in Europe with numerous places to eat. Image showing the Castlefield area in Manchester, UK. Taken myself. ...
Image showing the Castlefield area in Manchester, UK. Taken myself. ...
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An artists impression of what Beetham Tower, Birmingham will look like when finished There are three high-rise buildings called Beetham Tower in the United Kingdom, financed and owned by Beetham Organization. ...
Hacienda is a Spanish word describing a vast ranch, common in the Pampa. ...
Torontos Church and Wellesley district, one of the largest gay villages in North America Rainbow flags are displayed in the Castro area of San Francisco as a symbol of gay pride The entrance to Chueca metro station in the Plaza de Chueca (Chueca square) in Madrid (Spain), during gay...
Canal Street Canal Street looks across the Rochdale Canal into Sackville Park in the centre of Manchester, UK. The street is the main focus of Manchesters gay community and is lined with gay bars, clubs, cafes and shops. ...
Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. It is the final day of Carnival (English:IPA: and Romance languages:IPA: ). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season...
This article is about sections of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities. ...
World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ...
There are a variety restaurants in the City Centre including restaurants owned by famous chefs, Marco Pierre White and Paul Heathcote. There is also a stock of hotels in the area with Manchester's first five-star hotel, the Lowry Hotel opening in the City Centre in 2001. Marco Pierre White was born in 1961 in Leeds, United Kingdom. ...
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The Lowry Hotel is Manchesters first five star hotel. ...
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Manchester City Centre is home to Marks and Spencer, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols stores. Deansgate and Market Street are the city centre's principal retail streets. There is also a large indoor shopping mall called the Manchester Arndale Centre. There are many leisure facilities in the City Centre also with the recent opening of 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, contributing further to this. 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. ...
Selfridges in Birmingham Selfridges is a chain of department stores in the United Kingdom. ...
Harvey Nichols at the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street in London A Harvey Nichols advertisement encourages women to buy an expensive pair of shoes that they are unable to afford and eat beans on toast every day until the next time they are paid Harvey Nichols (Harvey Nicks), founded...
The Manchester Evening News Head Office on Deansgate. ...
Market Street in downtown San Francisco. ...
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The largest Arndale Centre was built in Manchester at a cost of £100 million; it was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979 and spans 26 acres, with high-rise offices and residential flats as well as retail space. ...
The Printworks is Europes first urban entertainment venue, based on Withy Grove in Manchester Until 1986, as the name suggests, the Printworks was a printing press, owned at the time of its demise by Robert Maxwell. ...
IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia. ...
Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. ...
The Northern Quarter, centred around Oldham Street, is known for its bohemian atmosphere and independent shops and cafes. The Northern Quarter is an area in the city centre of Manchester, UK, generally marked out between Piccadilly, Victoria and Ancoats, and centred around Oldham Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens. ...
The landscaping of the City Centre has also provided many public spaces including the newly developed Piccadilly Gardens, which incorporates fountains, green spaces and a Metrolink station, as well as Exchange Square which is located near the Urbis, which is a museum of city life. There are other museums in Manchester City Centre including the Manchester Museum which contains many ancient artifacts and natural history items and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry which includes many hands-on exhibits. Fountains in Piccadilly Gardens looking towards Market Street Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester City Centre situated at one end of Market Street (a busy shopping area) and on the edge of the Northern Quarter. ...
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The Exchange Square is located in Manchester, the United Kingdom. ...
The Urbis museum in Manchester. ...
The Manchester Museum is owned by the University of Manchester. ...
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, located in Manchester, England, is a large technical museum devoted to the citys not-inconsiderable contributions to the development of science, technology, and industry. ...
The City Centre is a local government ward in the City of Manchester. It is represented by three Liberal Democrat Councillors - Cllr Marc Ramsbottom, Cllr Ken Dobson and Cllr Elaine Boyes.
See also 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. ...
Refurbished 1960s built high rise apartments Salford is a city in the north-west of England. ...
The River Irwell is a river in Lancashire in England that flows through central Manchester before joining the River Mersey, and one of the rivers that drove the Industrial Revolution. ...
Salford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England. ...
A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ...
A Metrolink Tram in Manchester city centre. ...
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