Saturday 3 August 2002 Day 10: Sunshine returns to Manchester! |
NEW
SIGNS, both permanent and temporary, direct visitors around the city centre.
EWM SAYS: With the decorative ring at the top, these tourist signs are similar to road signs of the 1930's |
KING
STREET, Manchester's most fashionable shopping street, is decked out with
yellow M2002 banners.
EWM SAYS: The tree on the left almost looks like a Christmas tree! |
YELLOW
M2002 BANNERS are strung up all along Deansgate.
EWM says: This is the first year that open topped tour buses have been operating in Manchester. |
THE
BURNLEY & PENDLE X43 bus passes under an M2002 banner on Deansgate.
EWM says: Thanks to the games, all routes now lead to Manchester! |
THE
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS tent is a major focal point in St Ann's Square
during the games
EWM says: The MEN has been a major sponsor, playing a key role in the games. |
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THE
NEW SHAMBLES AND EXCHANGE SQUARE are now a favourite meeting place in
Manchester
EWM says: Our 'old town' though reconstructed and reinvented, is proving a big success with visitors. |
CROWDS
SIT AND ENJOY THE SUNSHINE and fountains in the new Piccadilly Gardens.
EWM says: Despite their design shortcomings, the new gardens have proved successful as a place for large numbers of people to gather. |
BUILDINGS
UNDER RECONSTRUCTION on Great Ancoats Street have been covered ina striking
M2002 poster.
EWM says: The poster features disabled athletes - Disabled sports have been pioneered during the Manchester Commonwealth Games. |
THIS
UNOCCUPIED BUILDING on Great Ancoats St has been shrouded with a huge
M2002 banner
EWM says: A giant union flag and an Afro-Caribbean-British athlete - a splash of patriotism and multiculturalism in one - very much in the spirit of modern Manchester |
PICCADILLY
STATION APPROACH is crowded with people - an M2002 bus waits to take on
passengers.
EWM says: The area between Piccadilly Station and Piccadilly Gardens has been transformed over the past months. |
STORE
STREET is part of the EastLink route from the city centre to Sportcity.
EWM says: Once a gloomy side street leading into the decaying east of the city, Store Street is now the gateway to New East Manchester, the focus of major regeneration work. |
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