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| Picadilly Gardens Fountains in 2003 |
This is a a collection of image of Manchester taken on several occasions between 2002 and 2011. It is worth recalling that in 2002 the smart phone with a camera was virtually unknown. Nokia's N95 was the first popular model in 2007 and the first iPhone arrived in June that year with a 2-megapixel camera. The Manchester bombing of 1996 saw the biggest explosion since the Second World War. Several buildings were damaged beyond repair and had to be demolished, while many more were closed for months for structural repairs. Most of the rebuilding work was completed by the end of 1999, at a cost of £1.2 billion, although redevelopment continued until 2005. The Financial Crisis of 2007/8 was the biggest since the Great Depression. Many new buildings were created in the few years before and after the Commonwealth Games in 2002. Among them were the Bridgewater Hall, which had its first concert in September 1996 and the Beetham Tower, completed in 2006.
The pictures here represent a walk that you might make from Picadilly Station into Picadilly Square then down Mosley Street to see the Bridgewater Hall, followed by a walk down Peter Street to Deansgate
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| Picadilly Gardens Fountains in 2003 |
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| Fire Station and Police Station, 1901-1906 | Fire Station | |
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| Pedestrian Bridge over London road outside Picadilly Station | Clayton House on Picadilly Gds. | |
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| Picadilly Gardens towards Market Street , May 2009 | Duke of Wellington, 2006 | |
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| Corner of Picadilly and Newton Street in 2006 | Britannia hails Wellington | |
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| Debenhams on Market Street, Sept 2006 | Corner of Market & Mosley Streets, Sept 2006 | |
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| Library of 1930-34, Cenotaph and Tram, photographed 2009 | Library on St. Peter's Square | |
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| Cenotaph before it was moved. 2009 | Town Hall buildings Princess Street, 2009 | |
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| South side of Midland Hotel, 2007 | St. Peter's Square, May 2009 | |
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| Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, 2007 | Part of Town Hall on St. Peter's Square, 2009 | |
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| Beetham Tower & Central Station, 2007 | Sir John in Barbirolli Square, 2009 | |
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| View from Beetham Tower back over station | Beetham Tower from Castle | |
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| St. George's Hall | St. George's Hall other corner |
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