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celeste

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PICCADILLY GARDENS
« on: 20:24:36, 04/02/10 »
Arrived at Piccadilly Gardens at lunchtime, to be greeted by the sight of that dreadful wall, looking worse than ever, stained and even dirtier than before - and how much did the architect earn for putting it there?
 
The gardens used to be full of flowers, I sent a postcard of it to my Italian friends, the Italian on here much preferred it as it was, there is no colour at all now.
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #1 on: 20:26:17, 04/02/10 »
It's an eyesore for those arriving from Piccadilly Station, and even worse for those who overlook it, especially tourists staying at the Ramada Hotel
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #2 on: 18:22:23, 19/02/10 »
it's awful - Berlin tore down its wall and Manchester puts one up - the area is saturated in CCTV cameras and an over-bearing police presence too - the fountains are nice but if you stay for more than 30 minutes they glare at you like you're up to no good - it's quite ruined now
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #3 on: 23:28:04, 09/03/10 »
 :-[ I remember Piccadilly gardens when I was a kid - I used to feed the pigeons there.
It had a lovely fountain and flowers.  Then the fountain was never working and the
drunks and homeless used to sit there.  I sat down for 5 minutes and felt so uncomfortable
as I thought I was going to be robbed!  I think its lovely now in comparison the kids love
the fountains and the drunks have moved on - feel safer with the police presence.

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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #4 on: 23:32:36, 09/03/10 »
The old fountain is now in Platt Fields and still doesn't function
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #5 on: 23:35:09, 09/03/10 »
Pick up a copy of LARGE Manchester March issue and my immage of Piccadilly Gardens through my eyes is on the cover. It's free and in the Koffee Pot and such places.

Hope you like and it gives you a new look of the gardens.
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #6 on: 22:31:15, 10/03/10 »
Piccadily gardens looks alright but its just a bit sparse.....in fact very sparse. Its because its all been modernised beyond belief and now it just looks hideous.
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #7 on: 22:52:31, 10/03/10 »
I quite agree there are no flowers and it looks lack-lustre - ironic as a few yards away there are market stalls selling flowers
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS - THE WALL
« Reply #8 on: 08:54:14, 10/07/10 »
It's looking even worse, dirty stains in most places - why don't they grow trailing clematis, wistaria up it - Westfields in London have done it and it looks fabulous
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #9 on: 09:11:44, 10/07/10 »
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #10 on: 11:54:26, 10/07/10 »
Truly, Piccadilly Gardens, as Prince Charles would say are a carbunkle on the landscape.

Action needed urgently.

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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS - UPDATE
« Reply #11 on: 22:31:40, 11/09/12 »
http://www.cityco.com/news/2011/nov/23/piccadilly-partnership-success/
 
These are the people who are working on improving the environment, lets hope the 'Wall' is a priority
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #12 on: 00:47:59, 17/10/12 »
I have very fond memories of the old Piccadilly Gardens and when I returned to Manchester and saw whathad been done I couldn't bear it or near the place for a long time. The heart for me had been torn out of Piccadilly. But its good to see all the people milling g about the place again and I have just recently started walking through Piccadilly grassed area . The gardens at Princess Street Edinburgh always remind me of how Piccadilly used to look. There is a topic about Manchester tourism well theres not much to say about Piccadilly now.All there is is a bit of grass and a wall. Its only cos the tram stops there that I walk through it. I think the modern architects got it wrong but then I don't suppose they spend any time there. Sorry but for me Piccadilly grassed area and wall is a flop. I suppose the flag ship area is Arndale and Northern Quarter. Oh and the corn exchange is to be resurrected. So perhaps those that are in control realise that some gems were tossed aside for modernisation.

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« Reply #13 on: 09:11:19, 08/11/12 »
piccaduilly Gardens use to be where the Old imfirmary stood until its demolition in the C19.
Ir was a green oases in the urban mass. It isa pity that it is not as green today
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Re: PICCADILLY GARDENS
« Reply #14 on: 00:44:57, 15/11/12 »
Yes that wall is really ugly i don't know what new people to the area think when they arrive in the city centre!  I worked in Ducie Street for many many years in the late 1950's and the gardens near the bus station were always planted with roses and other flower beds.  It was an oasis where you could either walk or sit and eat your butties at lunchtime.  Then, of course, the developers came along and bought a slice (probably off the Council) and plonked an office block there.  I remember waiting for my bus one Christmas Eve and there was this drunk woman with a fresh turkey under her arm which she had probably bought from Smithfield Market,it's long neck hanging down dripping gore, and she was crying her eyes out because she said it had died lol.  It probably doesn't seem funny now, but at the time everyone in the queue had hysterics!
 
The old office building i worked in at Ducie Street, which was a really solid, ornate building has been knocked down as well.  I recently went on a nostalgic trip to the city centre and thought things had changed - and not for the better either!