2011

SJ8498 : Piccadilly Gardens, Family Fair

taken 12 years ago, near to Manchester, England

Piccadilly Gardens, Family Fair
Piccadilly Gardens, Family Fair
For the second successive year, Piccadilly Gardens is hosting a traditional family fun fair over the Christmas festive season. This year, it runs from 1 December 2011 until Monday 2 January 2012.
Piccadilly Gardens

Piccadilly has been a focal point in the city of Manchester for generations. Prior to 1910, the site which later became Piccadilly Gardens was occupied by The Manchester Royal Infirmary. When the Infirmary was demolished, it was originally planned to build a new art gallery on the site but this plan didn’t come to fruition and in the end a sunken garden was created with a wide promenade around the statues.

LinkExternal link shows the gardens as they were laid out after the Second World War, following heavy bombing. It was painted by LS Lowry in 1954. SJ8498 : Piccadilly Gardens (1979) is a photograph showing the gardens as they were in 1979.

However, in 2002, the Piccadilly Gardens area was redesigned resulting in the removal of the sunken garden to be replaced by a grassed area and the building of a charmless concrete wall dividing the new "Gardens" from the busy bus and tram interchange. To pay for this redevelopment, an office building was erected, using the south east corner of the gardens. There is a fountain which provides a pleasant gathering point in sunny weather (SJ8498 : Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester) but the grassy area soon becomes muddy when it is wet.


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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 21 December, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 23 December, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8438 9823 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.8334N 2:14.2100W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8435 9824
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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