Saturday 3 August 2002 Day 10: Bright sunshine led to cloudier skies later. |
THE
CANAL BRIDGE OVER STORE STREET is adorned with yellow M2002 banners
EWM says: LS Lowry drew and painted this bridge. What would he think of it now? |
THE
CANAL BRIDGE OVER STORE STREET has been cleaned, painted and adorned with
M2002 flags and banners.
EWM says: Old artefacts of the industrial revolution spruced up and given a new lease of life - that's what the true spirit of regeneration in Manchester ought to be. |
THE
WALKING ROUTE TO SPORTCITY turns right at the corner of Store St and Great
Ancoats Street.
EWM says: Everywhere you look, the games are making an impact on formerly run down and abandoned parts of the city. |
THE
'EASTLINK' WALKING ROUTE TO SPORTCITY turns left at the junction of Great
Ancoats Street and Pollard Street.
EWM says: An old warehouse is being converted into apartments by property developers Artisan. Every surviving warehouse should be converted in this way. |
ABANDONED
BUILDINGS - a hospital, a factory, a warehouse - the purple banner announces
that this area is about to be transformed into New East Manchester.
EWM says: That's the rear of Ancoats Hospital on the left - How will this scene look in five years? Keep watching this website! |
MERRILL
STREET is on the EastLink route to Sportcity. That's the stadium up ahead.
A Mayne 235 heads for Piccadilly.
EWM says: 20 years ago this road led into an industrial wasteland - Now regeneration has transformed the scene - but there's still a long way to go. |
THE
EASTLINK WALKING ROUTE to Sportcity passes under this now renovated viaduct
over the River Medlock.
EWM says: With open grass and the River Medlock now clean, the area has almost reverted how it was in pre-industrial times |
THE
HOLT TOWN GASOMETER rises up above newly laid grass - Just a few years
ago this was an abandoned site. The new Metrolink route to Ashton
passes this spot.
EWM says: A surreal landscape of urban decay is being transformed into an equally surreal regenerated landscape, where remnants of industry co-exist with a newly-created greener environment |
THE
GASOMETER is a potent symbol of the grimy urban cityscape, here seen above
the Ashton Canal.
EWM says: Even though the area is being regenerated, it retains much of its original character. |
THE
MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM runs to the north towards
the bus station
EWM says: Steelworks, gasworks and a power station once stood here or close by. The transformation is breathtaking. |
STEWARDS
MARSHALL THE CROWDS as they enter and exit the City of Manchester stadium.
EWM says: People will remember the event as The Friendly Games - Everyone was good-natured wherever you went. |
THE
M2002 LOGO adorns the new Fairfield entrance to Piccadilly Station
EWM says: It will be a shame to have to take down the logos and banners are a proud symbol of Manchester's success in running the 2002 Commonwealth Games. |
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