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Manchester Arndale is a large shopping centre in Manchester, England. [3] It was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979, at a cost of £100 million. [ 4 ] Manchester Arndale is the largest of the chain of Arndale Centres built across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
This is a list of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, listed by retail size in square metres (m 2).Only centres with space of 65,000 m 2 (700,000 sq ft) or more are listed.
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The bus station, designed by Jefferson Sheard Architects, replaced the former Cannon Street bus station, under the Manchester Arndale; since the redevelopment of Manchester city centre, the latter has disappeared along with Cannon Street itself. [4] The Bus station is now under the control of TfGM through the Bee Network (as of 2024). Bus station
Corporation Street is a major thoroughfare in Manchester city centre, England.It runs from Dantzic Street to the junction of Cross Street and Market Street.Major buildings located on or adjacent to the street include the Arndale Centre, Exchange Square, The Printworks, Urbis (National Football Museum) and New Century House next to the CIS Tower.
The first Arndale Centre, in Jarrow, opened in 1961.It is now known as the Viking Centre. The Cross Gates Centre in Cross Gates, Leeds was an Arndale Centre until 2000.. In 1950, Arnold Hagenbach, a baker with a talent for property investment, and Sam Chippendale, an estate agent from Otley, set up a company called the Arndale Property Trust, the name being a portmanteau of "Arnold" and ...
Manchester city centre evolved from the civilian vicus of the Roman fort of Mamucium, on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. [4] This became the township of Manchester during the Middle Ages , and was the site of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. [ 5 ]
The Paramount Theatre on Oxford Street opened on 6 October 1930, [2] showing The Love Parade, and featuring a variety show on stage. [3] The theatre was built for the Paramount Film Company of America, and was designed by Frank Verity and S. Beverley (now known as Verity & Beverley [3]), who had also built the Plaza Theatre in London. [4]