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. Image File history File linksMetadata Piccadilly-gardens. ... 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. ... Market Street is one of the two principal retail streets in Manchester, England (the other is Deansgate). ... 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. ...

History

Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens was the original site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, the Infirmary occupied the site at Piccadilly from 1752 to 1910 (when it was relocated to its current site on Oxford Road). In 1914 the Infirmary had been fully removed from the site and after several years of trying attempts to decide how to the develop the site, it ended up being left and made Manchester's largest open inner city green space. (Manchester by Allen Kidd published 1993 Edinburgh University Press) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... -1... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be UKs second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media and big business. ...

The square at Piccadilly Gardens is currently the central hub of Manchester's public transport system (although with the new transport interchange opening at Shudehill in 2006 hopefully some of the concrete will be removed from the gardens). The square is only 5 minutes walk from the mainline Manchester Piccadilly station and 10 minutes walk from Victoria Station. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manchester Piccadilly station is the principal railway station of Manchester, UK. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street and the south, Glasgow Central, and routes throughout the north of England. ... Victoria station may refer to: London Victoria station Manchester Victoria station Victoria tube station Victoria Station, a restaurant chain which uses real train boxcars as dining rooms. ...

Queen Victoria Statue with Piccadilly Plaza in the background

The square was revamped in 2001 – 2002, after a design by reknowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, to include new green space and fountains, although the original statues all remain. The redesign was part of the massive construction process that covered Manchester in the build up to the city hosting the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Previously the square was becoming increasingly run down and was considered unsafe. At a contract cost of around ten million pounds Piccadilly Gardens was renovated and ended up being shortlisted 2003 Better Public Building Award. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (715x974, 457 KB) Summary Queen Victoria @ Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (715x974, 457 KB) Summary Queen Victoria @ Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Westin Awaji Island designed by Ando The Water Temple in Awaji Shima, Japan Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄 Andō Tadao, born September 13, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture is sometimes categorised as Critical Regionalism. ... Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be UKs second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media and big business. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Piccadilly Gardens are currently the main public transport interchange where First and Stagecoach buses can be caught to all over Greater Manchester. There is also a Tram stop with trams on both of Manchester's lines stopping there. Information on Manchester's transport system can be gained from GMPTE's website. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Buildings

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 visually un-stimulating office block development which is part of Piccadilly Garden's regeneration. The building that visitors are likely to notice first is the huge complex of Piccadilly Plaza which stands over Piccadilly, it is a building that will invoke mixed emotions in most people. A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ...

The towering Piccadilly Plaza

Piccadilly Plaza was originally built by Covell Matthews and Partners from 1959 to 1965 and has been recently re-modeled by Leslie Jones Architects in 2001 (this mainly involved replacing the old Chinese styled towers at the northern end). The building although not fitting in (or showing any sympathy) with its surroundings impresses with its 1960s sci-fi look. Piccadilly Plaza contains the Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel. The huge tower block, now renamed City Tower, can be seen from across Greater Manchester and beyond. As of 2005 the Plaza is undergoing large-scale remodelling with recladding of the tower and cleaning of concrete facades. Image File history File linksMetadata Piccadilly-plaza. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Piccadilly-plaza. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...

Cotton warehouses which are now The Thistle Hotel

The impressive Thistle Hotel stands on the South Eastern side of Piccadilly Gardens, which is now unfortunately partly obscured by the new office block. The hotel was originally 3 cotton warehouses (with a forth standing to the left) which made up the four warehouses designed by Edward Walters between 1851 and 1858. Image File history File linksMetadata Thistle-hotel. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Thistle-hotel. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Other buildings of interest around Piccadilly Gardens are:

• 1. Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• 12. (Barclays Bank) Grade II Listed on 20 June 1988. . Architect Thomas Worthington (1826 - 1909) Born in Salford. Thomas Worthington was the architect for the Albert Memoral (Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) which stands in front of the Manchester Town Hall in Albert Square.
• 15 & 17. (including Nos 1-3 Oldham Street). Grade II listed on 20 June 1988. Architect Royle & Bennett
• 38-50. Joshua Hoyle Building & Roby House. Grade II listed on 17 July 1987. Now converted into the Malmaison Hotel
• 47. Grade II listed on 6 June 1994.
• 49. Grade II listed on 6 June 1994.
• 51 & 53. Grade II listed on 6 June 1994.
• 59 & 61, Clayton House. Grade II listed on 6 June 1994.
• 69-75. Hall's Buildings. Grade II listed on 20 June 1988.
• 77-83. Grade II listed on 20 June 1988.
• 97. Brunswick Hotel (includes 2 & 4 Paton Street). Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• 107. Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• 1. Tib Lane, corner of Piccadilly, 1879. Grade II listed. Architect James Lynde.

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Statues

Queen Victoria Statue

In addition to the many fine buildings that stand around Piccadilly Gardens there are also numerous statues: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x667, 269 KB) Summary Queen Victoria Statue, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x667, 269 KB) Summary Queen Victoria Statue, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester. ...

• Sir Robert Peel statue, Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• James Watt statue, Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• Edward Onslow Ford’s Queen Victoria Monument. Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.
• Duke of Wellington statue. Grade II listed on 3 October 1974.

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External links

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Sources

• Manchester by Alan Kidd ISBN 0-7486-1552-2