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How is the centre of Manchester changing?

This is key question that needs to be answered to enquire into:

Retail Change in the Centre of Manchester

More specific questions that will need to be answered to cover all the aspects of the key question are;

What did the centre of Manchester use to be like?
Use the photographs from the photo archive (’before the bomb’ section) of   www.rebuilding-manchester.co.uk

Build up a picture of some of the good and bad points of the centre of Manchester. The pictures on the previous page were showing the changes.

What is it like now?
Some images of the city centre
www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/rem/manchester/manchester_city_centre.html 

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ 

The Home page of Manchester City Council is
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/

There are some key facts to get the employment background:
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/yourcc/final.htm

The geographical context is here:
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/links/mcr_boundaries/index.html

Why do city centres need to change?
If you have access to a video of the BBC Geography programme Investigating Britain on on the Merry Hill Centre in the West Midlands to identify some of the issues regarding city centres and their future.

Otherwise look at the websites of some famous centres:

Manchester's Trafford Centre
http://www.traffordcentre.co.uk/TraffIntro.html

Sheffield's Meadowhall
http://www.meadowhall.co.uk/

What is the plan for the city centre?
Have a good look at the plans at: http://www.rudi.net/whatson/cs/manchester/backup/maned1.htm

There are paper resources you may use to
Geofile 351 - Inner City Redevelopment in Manchester

What is the evidence of change?
A trip to Manchester will provide you with the opportunity to collect information. However, the sites listed above will allow you to look remotely.

Eyewitness in Manchester is a good place to start
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/newsletter/ewm339.html

Who is involved in the rebuilding of the centre - who are the decision makers?

Who pays for the rebuilding?

How will the changes effect the rest of the city?

www.rebuilding-manchester.co.uk

There is a paper report that can be obtained from the Rebuilding the City 1996-2001.  Contact Stuart Purves if you need to know more

Other questions to complete you enquiry

What do you think about the changes?
Will it meet the aims of the masterplan?
Will it improve the centre?
Could other cities learn from Manchester?

You might like to go on look at Inner City Redevelopment in Manchester.