A teenage cyclist has died after a collision with a heavy goods vehicle in Manchester city centre on Wednesday (May 24).
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Dominated by modern commercial office buildings, Spinningfields has been described as the 'Canary Wharf of the North'.
Outside London, few cities can boast a commercial property hotspot which demands such high premiums as Spinningfields. Walk past the polished buildings and you will see banks, law firms and restaurants that epitomise modern Manchester.
Some of the city's most exclusive office developments and priciest apartments are located in this district of the city, as well as one of the UK’s busiest and largest civil courts. But it was a very different story 150 years ago.
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Like much of Manchester city centre, it is an area that first took shape around the explosion of the cotton industry. On the banks of the Irwell, vast slums grew up around the tanneries and factories that churned out dyes used in the textile industry.
The slum buildings which stood on the site were demolished in the 19th century. Since then, the district has undergone many iterations, most recently in the 2000s when Allied London invested £1.5bn into creating the commercial and retail space.
The area of Spinningfields takes its name from a narrow street which once ran westwards from Deansgate. The idea of creating this new quarter took hold after the IRA bombing in the city centre in 1996 when Allied bought a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library.
While Spinningfields wasn't the most favoured area of the city in terms of architectural merit, before its most recent development, there were still some impressive buildings and landmarks that have now
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Free Wi-Fi to be rolled out across city centre - with ad screens to act as giant routers
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Road blocked in Manchester city centre as car left crushed in smash
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City centre fave Tampopo is doing brunch for the first time, and it’s half price
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20.05.2023 / 07:55
"My £125 mistake in a Manchester city centre car park that I don't want others to make"
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18.05.2023 / 10:29
Woman, 40, who ran drugs line in town she was banned from is jailed
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Meet Manchester’s 125th Lord Mayor – the first Asian woman in the role
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Police appeal for help to find man, 20, wanted on recall back to prison
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Moment man knocks out two bullies after being approached by gang of four in city centre
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New Zealand coffee firm to open first northern café in rapidly-changing city centre neighbourhood
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Life through a lens - Ex-gang member establishes himself as rising filmmaker
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What it now costs to buy a home in every part of Greater Manchester
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Popular brewery examining new location in heart of Manchester city centre
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