Manchester

07 May 18       A walk around Ancoats and the city centre.  Fine and sunny.

The Weavers Quay apartment blocks under construction,
from Cotton Field Park, Ancoats.

Sawmill Court apartment block, now almost completed, Ancoats.

Jactin House (offices), Ancoats.

The Koffee Pot cafe with a bee wall painting by Qubek (Russell Meeham), Northern Quarter.

Another bee by Qubek.

Inside the Mackie Mayor building, a former Victorian meat market,
now a food and drink outlet, Northern Quarter.

Inside the Mackie Mayor building.

Inside the Mackie Mayor building.

The Hotel Indigo building under construction, from Balloon Street.

The 101 Embankment (office), One Greengate and 100 Greengate apartment buildings, Salford.

The One Greengate and 100 Greengate apartment buildings, Salford.

The 100 Greengate apartment building under construction, Salford.

Two of the Deansgate Square apartment blocks (under construction), from Castlefield Basin.

The Deansgate Square apartment blocks.

Aftermath of a hot and sunny bank holiday weekend, Castlefield Basin.

One of the Deansgate Square apartment blocks,
soon to be Manchester's tallest building.

From the Mancunian Way footbridge.

Deansgate Square.

At last the River Street eyesore is being demolished.
It was the shell of an uncompleted building, abandoned
several years ago when the developer went into liquidation.

The Innside Hotel building at First Street with the tower
of the No 1 City Road office building in front.

The Beetham Tower and the Axis apartment block
(under construction), from First Street.

The Axis apartment block (under construction),
from the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink tram stop.

Two of the Deansgate Square apartment blocks, from the
footbridge leading to Deansgate rail station.

The Axis and Deansgate Square apartment blocks, from Lower Mosley Street.

The Axis and Deansgate Square apartment blocks with a Metrolink tram
passing the Midland Hotel, Lower Mosley Street.

Bridge supports for the Metrolink Trafford Park tram line,
under construction at Pomona, Trafford.

The Metrolink Trafford Park tram line, under construction at Pomona, Trafford.

The Metrolink Trafford Park tram line, under construction alongside the
Manchester Ship Canal at Wharfside, Trafford.

Timber concreting formwork for a set of points on the Metrolink Trafford Park tram line.