Manchester’s Victoria riverside view apartments progressing in winter 2023/24

This is a return to the Victoria riverside view apartment blocks that is being constructed along the railway approach to Victoria station in Manchester. Filmed late December 2023 it shows the progress the contractors have made with the exterior of the buildings.
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[@paulgalleyblackpool]

Great video and you can see the demand for a new tram stop in the area once it's all completed.

[@jonldronevideos]

Thanks

[@English_Dawn]

There is one planned at the Collyhurst end.

[@speedtriplerider7853]

Nice flight, thanks for doing and posting. Town is sure expanding.

[@jonldronevideos]

Thanks

[@paulwild3676]

Manchester is now 9th in Europe for the most millionaires, the only British city anywhere in that list except London. It’s renaissance is astonishing. It needs an Underground now. The trams are too slow in the centre.

[@jonldronevideos]

An underground railway system would be a massive project and undertaking.

[@paulwild3676]

@@jonldronevideos Two lines. One from Piccadilly to Salford Central, one from Victoria to Oxford Road with an Interchange at St Peter’s Square, where the big tram interchange is. A Monorail around those four stations might be cheaper and less of an undertaking, similar to the one in Seattle.

[@English_Dawn]

Various iterations have been tried, Picc-Vic being one for conventional trains. The Mayor said probably the next Metrolink line there, will have to go underground.

[@English_Dawn]

​Theres been different iterations of underground lines but all fallen by the wayside such as Picc-Vic, for conventional trains, similar to Cross rail. It was a massive project and undertaking too but...

[@paulwild3676]

@@English_Dawn The next one is to Stockport and that is being extended from East Didsbury through the Heatons to the new interchange. That won’t be underground.

[@English_Dawn]

Thanks for the update. 🙂👍 In the 1990's the resident population of the city centre was 1,000 now it's around 95,000, do the maths. It's shooting up and so are council tax receipts. The Far East Consortium is a main driver - {FEC}. 👉 The British Gas site, near the Co-operative Tobacco factory, should start their development in the forseable. 👉 The council recently gave permission to start projects on Red Bank, two sites. A lot of the sandstone used to build cathedral church and Chetham's was from Collyhurst quarry in the 1400's and brought by craft down the Irk!

[@jonldronevideos]

Thanks for the information

[@paulgalleyblackpool]

Hi @English-Dawn, that's really interesting to hear and makes sense with the building work. I'm doing a study as regards Blackpool's regeneration (we are seeing population decline), do you have a source for the 95,000 figure as that would be really helpful before I quote it elsewhere :)

[@user-bw5pn4qv9i]

The Victoria North project will increase the size of the city by a third when completed.

[@jonldronevideos]

Yes it is a big project

[@user-pg3kl5zj3f]

I hope they landscape that whole area those towers look strange in that area looks like a wasteland

[@jonldronevideos]

More apartments unfortunately

[@pedromorgan99]

Meanwhile in Japan, umekita Osaka (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gancoJWGeZ6Yd8k)

[@jonldronevideos]

Interesting video thanks

[@milolouis]

Never does the Macunian see the open sky.

[@jonldronevideos]

We do have some amazing sunsets

[@MadeInManny0161]

Seen it plenty of times