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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,HotpixUk,square,centre,highrise,residential,flats,apartments,housing,apartment,sunset,dusk,success,growth,fastest,growing,evening,light,Trafford,Greater,England,UK,urban,regeneration,modern,architecture,cranes,construction,Dubai style,investment,property boom,build to rent,urban development,northern powerhouse,high density,post industrial,real estate,cityscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EF6BHB - A high level sunset view across central Manchester looking south and south west over Deansgate, the Great Jackson Street development area and the glass residential towers of Deansgate Square, with the flatter landscape stretching away towards Trafford and the wider Greater Manchester conurbation. The photograph captures Manchester's rapidly changing skyline, where clusters of tall apartment towers, cranes, offices, older red brick buildings, railway infrastructure and former industrial streets sit side by side. Deansgate Square, formerly known as Owen Street, is a prominent group of four glazed residential skyscrapers on the southern edge of the city centre, close to Deansgate railway station and the Mancunian Way. The tallest tower rises to around 201 metres, helping to give this part of Manchester the high-rise visual character sometimes compared by commentators and local observers with Dubai-style city living. The image is useful for editorial and commercial stock uses around urban regeneration, build to rent housing, city centre apartments, skyline change, construction, property investment, northern growth, high density living, planning, affordability, placemaking, and the reshaping of post-industrial British cities. Warm low evening light catches the tower facades while grey cloud and a clear horizon create a dramatic dusk atmosphere. The view also shows how new vertical residential districts now contrast with Manchester's older commercial blocks, railway viaducts, warehouses and street grid. It can illustrate stories about Deansgate, the Southern Gateway, Great Jackson Street, Trafford views, city centre population growth, luxury flats, cranes, modern architecture, housing supply, high-rise development, and debates over whether Manchester's fast growth is creating a confident global city or a more uneven, investor-led skyline. The weather appears dry, with late-day sunlight breaking through cloud, giving the scene a reflective urban mood.
Manchester skyline looking south over Deansgate Square towers at sunset, with Trafford beyond, Great
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,centre,Sankey Street,buy-to-let,property,investments,office,offices,redevelopment,apartments,apartment,to,residential,new,homes,former,building,hoarding,invest,today,urgency,PRS,private rented sector,rental,rentals,flat,flats,yield,landlord,risk,off-plan,housing,sales,permitted development,wealth building,high yield,Caro Development,Hilden House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E424B1 - A Park View Residences stock-photo/gotonysmith-Investment.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>investment hoarding stands outside Hilden House in Warrington town centre, advertising apartments through RWinvest with an Invest Today message, phone number and website. The image shows the marketing of a former office building being repositioned as residential property, with sales language aimed at buy-to-let investors rather than owner-occupiers. Hilden House is a prominent former office block on Sankey Street, close to Warrington Town Hall and the Golden Gates, and planning reports in 2025 described an office-to-residential conversion creating around 100 new homes. RWinvest markets Park View as a Warrington development with prices from around £164,950 and promoted rental returns. This makes the photograph commercially useful for stories about office conversions, town centre housing, regeneration, rental demand, buy-to-let investment, private rented sector growth, housing supply, urban living and the changing use of older commercial buildings. It can also illustrate the more critical side of property investment advertising, including investor-led housing schemes, off-plan sales, yield promises, affordability concerns, financial risk, landlordism, speculative property marketing and the blurred line between regeneration and wealth-building sales pitches. Care should be taken not to call the specific scheme a get rich quick scheme as a factual claim, but the image can legitimately support editorial discussion of that kind of marketing tone and the risks of simple returns-led property promotion. The black hoarding, gold lettering, CGI apartment image and large phone number create a clear visual of how residential redevelopment is sold to investors before completion. As a documentary stock image, it records the commercial face of Warrington town centre redevelopment, where ageing office space is being converted into homes amid wider pressure for housing, rental income and urban regeneration.
Park View Residences investment hoarding at Hilden House, Warrington, advertising buy-to-let apartme
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,skyline,apartment,towers,new-build,housing,affordable,development,dockland,docklands,regeneration,urban,modern,city l,iving,waterside,property,sunset,cityscape,panoramic,former,Manchester Docks,MediaCity,district,brownfield redevelopment,high-density housing,private rental sector,property investment,housing growth,city-centre living,waterfront regeneration,urban planning,residential construction,modern architecture,population growth,regional economy,regeneration investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WJD - Panoramic sunset view across the water at Salford Quays in Salford, Greater Manchester, showing modern apartment towers, waterfront walkways and a red-painted pedestrian bridge within the regenerated former docklands. Brick paving, railings, lamp posts frame the basin, while blue sky, broken cloud and warm evening light reflect across the calm water. The composition records the changing residential skyline of one of northern England's best-known regeneration areas.
Salford Quays was created from the former Manchester Docks, which opened with the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894. The docks declined after the Second World War and closed in 1982, leaving waterside land available for redevelopment. Salford City Council acquired much of the site and promoted a transformation based on housing, offices, leisure, culture, public space and transport. The Lowry opened in 2000, followed by MediaCity in 2011, helping establish the Quays as a centre for broadcasting, digital industries, tourism and apartment living.
New residential development has introduced high-rise and medium-rise blocks around the basins, responding to demand for homes close to Manchester city centre and MediaCity employment. The evolving skyline also illustrates debates about housing density, private renting, affordability, infrastructure, public realm and the creation of sustainable neighbourhoods on former industrial land.
Salford City Council describes the Quays as one of Europe's most successful waterfront regeneration projects. Its adopted MediaCity and Quayside framework includes around 3,000 new homes, commercial space, landscaped neighbourhoods, better waterfront access and new green areas. This photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of new-build apartments, city living, brownfield redevelopment, dockland renewal, property investment, urban planning, construction, housing growth, evening cityscapes and the continuing expansion of Greater Manchester's western waterfront.
The Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M50
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,Castlefield,tram,Bee Network,Deansgate-Castlefield,stop,stops,Central,Bee Network tram,city,centre,public,transport,rail,corridor,urban,skyline,blocks,flats,apartments,apartment,Andy Burnham,high-rise,glass,skyscrapers,infrastructure,UK,summer,August,evening,urban mobility,Manchester,sustainable transport,mayor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJYE - A Manchester Metrolink tram travels along the elevated rail corridor at Castlefield, passing through one of the city's most historically significant districts. The image was taken in summer daylight, with mild conditions and a partly cloudy sky providing even, reflective light across the modern skyline.
Castlefield is widely recognised as the birthplace of the industrial city, containing early canals, viaducts and railway infrastructure that powered Manchester's nineteenth-century growth. The tram route follows this historic transport axis, illustrating how industrial-era infrastructure continues to underpin contemporary urban movement.
In the background, clusters of glass and steel high-rise towers dominate the skyline, reflecting Manchester's rapid transformation into a high-density residential and commercial city. These developments form part of ongoing regeneration around Deansgate and the southern city centre, driven by population growth and inner-city living.
The Metrolink system, now integrated into the Bee Network under public control, represents a significant shift in English urban transport governance outside London. The image captures the intersection of heritage infrastructure, modern public transport and large-scale regeneration, making it well suited for editorial use covering sustainable transport, city-region devolution, urban development, regeneration and the evolving identity of post-industrial British cities.
Great Bridgewater St, Castlefield / Deansgate-Castlefield, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,letter,word,Leasehold Hell,flat,flats,cladding,issues,lease,problems,problem,rent,rents,England,Scotland,Wales,rules,property,home,apartments,apartment,insurance,value,building,buildings,regulation,Grenfell,fire risk,FRAs,assessments,Persimmon,homes,renters rights act,renters rights,Met Police,CPS,gross negligence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0BDMM - Taken on 01 Oct 2023, this photograph shows Leasehold Hell, in Scrabble letters. The location is Britain , UK. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains a carefully staged close-up of letter tiles arranged as a readable concept phrase, photographed against a map, keyboard, dictionary page, coins or other context props rather than a plain studio background. The image can be used as a clear editorial, blog or report illustration where a concept needs to be shown visually without using a person, organisation logo or staged office scene. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Scrabble, letters, words, leasehold, hell, leaseholders, leaseholder, block, blocks, ground, letter, word, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. Because the subject is clearly labelled or visually distinctive, it can also work well in search-led usage where the buyer needs immediate recognition at small web-preview size. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,retirement,living,development,for,the,flats,apartments,group,new,CW9,Watling Street,Northwich,Cheshire,CW9 5EX,newbuild,build,WatersCross,YourHousing,exclusive,shared ownership,mechanical heat & ventilation recovery unit,MVHR,River Dane,apartment,town,centre,location,outright sale,rent to buy,rent,buy,soaring rents
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ0W - Waters Cross is an exclusive retirement living development for the over-55s in the heart of Northwich, Cheshire.
A range of 70 stylish one and two-bedroom apartments are available for both outright sale, rent to buy and shared ownership and with an enviable location along the banks of the River Dane.
Whether you want to sample a delicious meal in the on-site bistro, relax in the stunning communal gardens or make use of the wide range of shops, parks and local amenities nearby, Waters Cross is the perfect place to enjoy and plan for your retirement while enjoying all that Northwich has to offer.
Key details:
Exclusive retirement living apartments for the over-55s
Modern one & two-bedroom apartments
Available for outright sale, rent to buy and shared ownership
On-site bistro and landscaped gardens
Wet room bathrooms
Enviable town centre location
Located on the banks of the River Dane
Car parking on-site
Excellent local transport links
Close to local shops, parks and restaurants
*Please note, some properties contain a mechanical heat & ventilation recovery unit (MVHR) and fire doors.
Watling St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5EX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,retirement,living,development,for,the,flats,apartments,group,new,CW9,Watling Street,Northwich,Cheshire,CW9 5EX,newbuild,build,WatersCross,YourHousing,exclusive,shared ownership,mechanical heat & ventilation recovery unit,MVHR,River Dane,apartment,town,centre,location,outright sale,rent to buy,rent,buy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ1J - Waters Cross is an exclusive retirement living development for the over-55s in the heart of Northwich, Cheshire.
A range of 70 stylish one and two-bedroom apartments are available for both outright sale, rent to buy and shared ownership and with an enviable location along the banks of the River Dane.
Whether you want to sample a delicious meal in the on-site bistro, relax in the stunning communal gardens or make use of the wide range of shops, parks and local amenities nearby, Waters Cross is the perfect place to enjoy and plan for your retirement while enjoying all that Northwich has to offer.
Key details:
Exclusive retirement living apartments for the over-55s
Modern one & two-bedroom apartments
Available for outright sale, rent to buy and shared ownership
On-site bistro and landscaped gardens
Wet room bathrooms
Enviable town centre location
Located on the banks of the River Dane
Car parking on-site
Excellent local transport links
Close to local shops, parks and restaurants
*Please note, some properties contain a mechanical heat & ventilation recovery unit (MVHR) and fire doors.
Watling St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5EX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,apartment,building,south,bank,glass,towers,apartments,property,properties,at,behine,the,rear,buildings,developments,scheme,development,opportunity,front,fronted,architecture,modern,city,centre,living,accommodation,Arbor 255,offices,office,commercial,real estate,riverside,Barge House St
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Barge House St, London, England, UK, SE1 9PH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,WA1,Cheshire,WA1 1TS,scaffold,scaffolding,the,flat,apartment,apartments,development,building,contruction,at,being,built,site,SW,362,flats,High Street Group,sites,John St,WA2,thehighstreetgroup,CordingGroup,Cording,group,residential,Metnor,construction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C1A -
Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1TS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lincolnshire,England,UK,centre,high demand,property,shortage,market,agent,sign,for,sale,sold,already,from,Walters,houses,apartment,apartments,flat,house,11-15,Brayford Wharf E,Lincoln,LN5 7AY,Brayford Wharf,East,first time,buyers,help to buy,helpTobuy,scheme,development,estate agents
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNA0Y9 -
11-15 Brayford Wharf E, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, LN5 7AY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,lock,locks,housing,blocks,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 1DF,WA4,Station Rd,the,flat,apartment,winter,MSCC,canal,bank,banks,bridges,company,development,developments,new,block,flats,apartments,affordable,UKhousing,UK Housing,bridge,TPT,wide,wide shot,pano,panorama
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJXB -
Old Station Gardens, Station Rd, Warrington WA4 1DF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,WN1,for,rail,railway,train,strikes,green,from,balcony,flats,flat,apartment,in,a,block,Scholes,central,strikers,striking,workers,industrial,dispute,disputes,Tory,negociations,failed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7TB -
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,refurbished,YO1,North Yorkshire,YO1 6FA,Skeldergate,redevelopment,city,centre,flats,property,real estate,warehouses,The,apartment,rail,rails,railings,gate,pier,piers,1875,flat,apartments,wharf,wharfs,Bonded,Bonding,warehouse,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF6RR7 - Formerly known as: Bonded Warehouse SKELDERGATE. Warehouse, and attached walls, railings and gate piers bounding yard to north-west. Dated 1875. By George Styan, City of York Surveyor. MATERIALS: pink mottled brick in Flemish bond with polychrome brick dressings
ashlar plinth, banded in blue brick, forms river front revetment
hipped roofs of Welsh slate. Yard wall of brick with ashlar coping
cast-iron railings. Ashlar gate piers. EXTERIOR: 3-storey 7-bay river front, with paired 2-storey 3-bay fronts to left. 3-storey range: centre bay, between giant pilasters, has C20 glazed door on ground floor, and original lifting doors on upper floors. Ground and first floor windows in flanking bays are segment-headed, with moulded brick architraves and ashlar sills, beneath arches of moulded brick with ashlar inserts
small-pane glazing incorporates central top-hung opening panels. First floor windows recessed over shaped panels of contrasting brick. Second floor windows are round-arched and radial-glazed, over sill band. Moulded eaves string course beneath frieze of shallow shaped panels of contrasting brick, and ashlar eaves band. Low parapet rises over centre bay as segmental pedimented gable between panelled piers flanked by volutes. Urn finials to piers and pediment. Carved panel in gable depicts the arms of the City of York. Paired 2-storey fronts have C20 glazed doors on ground floor and original lifting doors on second floor. Fenestration detail repeats that on 3-storey front. Roof parapet stepped-up to form plinth surmounted by ball and pedestal finials over junction of fronts. Left return: 2 storeys, 5 bays, outer bays convex on plan. Centre bay, between giant pilasters, has blind window on each floor, and arcaded eaves corbel table of ashlar and polychrome brick. Fenestration in flanking bays repeats that on river front, while end bays have blind windows. Eaves frieze, cornice and parapet continue from river front, with curved gable over centre bay
Terry Ave, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 6FA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancashire,England,UK,holidays,holiday,coast,coastline,hotel,hotels,B&B,examples,summer,blue,sky,skies,and,apartment,453-459,Promenade,Blackpool,Lancs,FY4 1AR,The Waterfront,Beach Hotel,apartments,beach,North West,Britain,GB,British,hospitality,Great Britain,northern,great,landlady
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM337 -
453-459 , Promenade, Blackpool , Lancs, England, UK, FY4 1AR
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bankside,London,England,UK,buildings,court,case,view,from,the,of,at,apartment,Southwark,south,sunny,blue sky,Hopton St,skyline,expensive,investment,Bankside,investments,affordable,socialhousing,social housing,penthouse,penthouses,views,One Blackfriars,Castle Yard,Holland St,residential
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bankside, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,City,centre,NW,North west,M1,Locks,M1 5LH,Castlefields,pano,Panorama,of,Manchester,flat,accommodation,block,skyline,Castlefield,blue sky,towards,junction,M3,M3 4LG,summer,looking,cityscape,skyscape,investment,real escape,blocks,flats,apartment,apartments,andy burnham,planning and development
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7D3 - Panoramic view of Deansgate-Castlefield in Manchester, looking across Deansgate Locks, the railway viaduct, red brick railway arches, street junctions and modern high-rise residential towers under a partly cloudy blue sky. The image shows the layered character of this part of Manchester city centre, where nineteenth-century railway infrastructure, canal-side leisure uses and twenty-first-century skyline development sit close together. Deansgate Locks is the converted railway arch leisure area at the southern end of Deansgate on Whitworth Street West, near Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop and the Rochdale Canal. The tall glass towers in the background are part of the wider Great Jackson Street and Deansgate Square high-rise cluster, a major residential and regeneration area on the southern edge of the city centre. This photograph is useful for editorial and commercial subjects including Manchester regeneration, urban skyline change, city living, high-rise apartments, leisure districts, transport infrastructure, tram and rail connections, canal heritage, architecture and the changing face of the North West's largest city centre. The scene combines historic red brick structures, modern glass towers, streets, traffic lights, pedestrian routes and city-centre public realm, making it suitable for stories about planning, development pressure, tall buildings, urban density, heritage contrast and inner-city leisure economies. The weather appears bright but changeable, with white and grey clouds, patches of blue sky and clear daylight giving the image an open, contemporary feel. It can also illustrate Deansgate-Castlefield as a gateway between Castlefield, Deansgate, First Street, Manchester Central, Oxford Road and the expanding residential skyline south of the city centre. The image works best as a broad Manchester cityscape and regeneration view rather than a single-property photograph.
Deansgate Castlefield, Manchester, 2 Whitworth St W, Deansgate, Locks, Manchester, England, UK, M1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,flat,flats,apartments,property,properties,Construction of new flats in Latchford,Cheshire,develop,developing,scheme,of,new,in,block,blocks,crane,brick,home,homes,Station Road,Latchford,south Warrington,WA4,development,developments,apartment,clad,cladding,local,plan,planning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4J7 -
Station Road, Latchford, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,flat,flats,apartments,property,properties,Construction of new flats in Latchford,Cheshire,develop,developing,scheme,of,new,in,block,blocks,crane,brick,home,homes,Station Road,Latchford,south Warrington,WA4,development,developments,apartment,clad,cladding,local,plan,planning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4KN -
Station Road, Latchford, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,flat,flats,apartments,property,properties,Construction of new flats in Latchford,Cheshire,develop,developing,scheme,of,new,in,block,blocks,crane,brick,home,homes,Station Road,Latchford,south Warrington,WA4,development,developments,apartment,clad,cladding,local,plan,planning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4M8 -
Station Road, Latchford, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,London,South East,SE,UK,night,late night shopping,flowers,E20,buildings,town centre,art,Stratford at night,Stratford city at night,town,centre,interchange,block,blocks,flat,flats,property,apartment,apartments,tall,high,at,in,the,late,Stratford International,station,urban
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY9B0 -
Stratford Regional and Stratford International station,Stratford City,Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, L
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,west,building,changes,improved,old,duplex,flats,apartment,apartments,housing,AirB&B,GSA,Gaiety School of Acting,banner,new,newbuild,development,developments,gentrification,developing,newer,homes,property,properties,Essex Street West,historic,heritage,history,quaint,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAH0 -
Essex St West, Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,west,building,changes,improved,old,duplex,flats,apartment,apartments,housing,AirB&B,Somebodys Child,SomebodysChild,JA powell,J.A.,locks,locksmiths,locksmith,new,newbuild,development,developments,gentrification,developing,newer,homes,property,properties,Essex Street West
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAH9 -
Essex St West, Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,Eastvillage,New York Travel Tourism,East 6th Street,NY,New York,tenements,Street,City,east side tenements,history,historic,the,states,classic,traditional,flat,flats,apartment,apartments,housing,crisis,inner city,downtown
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF06D - As the United States industrialized during the 19th century, immigrants and workers from the countryside were housed in former middle-class houses and other buildings, such as warehouses, which were bought up and divided into small dwellings. Beginning as early as the 1830s in New York City's Lower East Side or possibly the 1820s on Mott Street, three- and four-story buildings were converted into railroad flats, so called because the rooms were linked together like the cars of a train, with windowless internal rooms. The adapted buildings were also known as rookeries, and these were a particular concern, as they were prone to collapse and fire. Mulberry Bend and Five Points were the sites of notorious rookeries that the city worked for decades to clear. In both rookeries and purpose-built tenements, communal water taps and water closets (either privies or school sinks, which opened into a vault that often became clogged) were squeezed into the small open spaces between buildings. In parts of the Lower East Side, buildings were older and had courtyards, generally occupied by machine shops, stables, and other businesses.
Lower East Side tenement buildings
Such tenements were particularly prevalent in New York, where in 1865 a report stated that 500,000 people lived in unhealthy tenements, whereas in Boston in 1845, less than a quarter of workers were housed in tenements. One reason New York had so many tenements was the large numbers of immigrants
another was that the grid plan on which streets were laid out, and the economic practice of building on individual 25- by 100-foot lots, combined to produce high land coverage. Prior to 1867, tenements often covered more than 90 percent of the lot, were five or six stories high, and had 18 rooms per floor, of which only two received direct sunlight. Yards were a few feet wide and often filled with privies. Interior rooms were unventilated.
East 6th Street, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, NYC, NY, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,St Marks Place,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,Eastvillage,New York Travel Tourism,East 6th Street,NY,New York,tenements,Street,City,east side tenements,history,historic,the,states,classic,traditional,flat,flats,apartment,apartments,housing,crisis,inner city,downtown
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF06M - As the United States industrialized during the 19th century, immigrants and workers from the countryside were housed in former middle-class houses and other buildings, such as warehouses, which were bought up and divided into small dwellings. Beginning as early as the 1830s in New York City's Lower East Side or possibly the 1820s on Mott Street, three- and four-story buildings were converted into railroad flats, so called because the rooms were linked together like the cars of a train, with windowless internal rooms. The adapted buildings were also known as rookeries, and these were a particular concern, as they were prone to collapse and fire. Mulberry Bend and Five Points were the sites of notorious rookeries that the city worked for decades to clear. In both rookeries and purpose-built tenements, communal water taps and water closets (either privies or school sinks, which opened into a vault that often became clogged) were squeezed into the small open spaces between buildings. In parts of the Lower East Side, buildings were older and had courtyards, generally occupied by machine shops, stables, and other businesses.
Lower East Side tenement buildings
Such tenements were particularly prevalent in New York, where in 1865 a report stated that 500,000 people lived in unhealthy tenements, whereas in Boston in 1845, less than a quarter of workers were housed in tenements. One reason New York had so many tenements was the large numbers of immigrants
another was that the grid plan on which streets were laid out, and the economic practice of building on individual 25- by 100-foot lots, combined to produce high land coverage. Prior to 1867, tenements often covered more than 90 percent of the lot, were five or six stories high, and had 18 rooms per floor, of which only two received direct sunlight. Yards were a few feet wide and often filled with privies. Interior rooms were unventilated.
East 6th Street, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, NYC, NY, USA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NYC,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,New York Travel Tourism,travel,sign,signs,2nd Av sign,2bd avenuw sign,second Avenue,East 6th Street,6th Street,history,historic,the,states,classic,traditional,flat,flats,apartment,apartments,housing,crisis,inner city,downtown
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF079 -
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102, Saint Mark's Place, East Village, Manhattan New York, NYC, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72CPJ - ˜Horrid' 1970s buildings to make way for Queen Street station revamp
The demolition of horrid 1970s buildings that mask Queen Street station in Glasgow has begun as part of its £120 million redevelopment. A hotel extension and office block will be removed to make way for expansion of the station to accommodate longer electric trains. The complex, which handles some 20 million passengers a year, will stay open during the transformation, which is due to be completed in 2020. The overhaul will include a new glass frontage onto George Square - a view blocked since the 1970s by an extension of the Millennium Hotel. The addition, built on pillars, will be demolished, along with the adjacent Consort House office block, built around 1975, which housed Strathclyde Partnership for Transport until 2016. Excavators have been lifted by crane onto the 30m-high (100ft) roof of Consort House to break up its reinforced concrete and steel frame, floor-by-floor. Consort House is being demolished as part of the expansion of Queen Street Station.
Consort House is being demolished as part of the expansion of Queen Street Station. The ScotRail Alliance with Network Rail said the work would improve Glasgow's cityscape. Managing director Alex Hynes said: The first thing we have got to do is get rid of these horrid buildings, which were built in front of this listed train shed [covered station]. Consort House is not one of Glasgow's prettiest buildings. This is going to be amazing for Glasgow - it's going to bring the railway into the heart - to George Square. The Millennium Hotel extension in front of the station, and Consort House to the left of the hotel, are being demolished.
The Millennium Hotel extension in front of the station, and Consort House to the left of the hotel, are being demolished.
Network Rail said the station's roof had protected listed status as the only remaining large single span at a Scottish station. It was constructed in 1880 by the North British Railwa
Consort House demolition, Queen Street, Glasgow, City Centre, Scotland, UK, G1 3DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72CTK - ˜Horrid' 1970s buildings to make way for Queen Street station revamp
The demolition of horrid 1970s buildings that mask Queen Street station in Glasgow has begun as part of its £120 million redevelopment. A hotel extension and office block will be removed to make way for expansion of the station to accommodate longer electric trains. The complex, which handles some 20 million passengers a year, will stay open during the transformation, which is due to be completed in 2020. The overhaul will include a new glass frontage onto George Square - a view blocked since the 1970s by an extension of the Millennium Hotel. The addition, built on pillars, will be demolished, along with the adjacent Consort House office block, built around 1975, which housed Strathclyde Partnership for Transport until 2016. Excavators have been lifted by crane onto the 30m-high (100ft) roof of Consort House to break up its reinforced concrete and steel frame, floor-by-floor. Consort House is being demolished as part of the expansion of Queen Street Station.
Consort House is being demolished as part of the expansion of Queen Street Station. The ScotRail Alliance with Network Rail said the work would improve Glasgow's cityscape. Managing director Alex Hynes said: The first thing we have got to do is get rid of these horrid buildings, which were built in front of this listed train shed [covered station]. Consort House is not one of Glasgow's prettiest buildings. This is going to be amazing for Glasgow - it's going to bring the railway into the heart - to George Square. The Millennium Hotel extension in front of the station, and Consort House to the left of the hotel, are being demolished.
The Millennium Hotel extension in front of the station, and Consort House to the left of the hotel, are being demolished.
Network Rail said the station's roof had protected listed status as the only remaining large single span at a Scottish station. It was constructed in 1880 by the North British Railwa
Consort House demolition, Queen Street, Glasgow, City Centre, Scotland, UK, G1 3DD
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26 Church St, Manchester , England, UK, M4 1PW, UK
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Royal Portbury, Dock Road, Portbury, Bristol, Avon, England, UK, BS20 7XJ
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City Road, Chester, England, UK
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Bold St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N4T - Exterior view of The Haçienda Apartments on Whitworth Street West in Manchester, showing the distinctive red brick residential development built on the site of the legendary FAC51 Haçienda nightclub, with construction cranes and new tower building work rising behind it. The image connects two major Manchester themes in one frame: the city's internationally known music and club culture heritage, and the continuing wave of high-rise residential development reshaping the Deansgate, Castlefield and Oxford Road edges of the city centre. The Haçienda name is inseparable from Factory Records, Tony Wilson, New Order, acid house, rave culture, Madchester, dance music and late twentieth-century Manchester nightlife. The original club opened in 1982, closed in 1997 and was later demolished, with apartments replacing the famous venue while retaining the Haçienda name. The visible cranes add strong editorial value for stories about regeneration, urban densification, housing, property investment, city living, gentrification and the transformation of former cultural and industrial sites into apartments. The photograph is especially useful for features about Manchester's changing skyline, music tourism, cultural memory, heritage loss, apartment-led redevelopment, city centre living, post-industrial regeneration and the commercial afterlife of iconic places. The scene appears to be taken in daylight with clear visibility, allowing the modern apartment façade, street frontage and construction machinery to read clearly. It has broad stock relevance for Manchester property, northern regeneration, crane skylines, the Southern Gateway, Whitworth Street West, former nightclub sites, Factory Records legacy, urban renewal, student and professional accommodation markets, and debates over how much of a city's cultural history survives when landmark venues are replaced by residential blocks.
Haçienda Apartments, 11-15 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 5DB.
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Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91XC6 - Panorama of harbor / harbour at Puerto Colon, Near La Pinta beach, between Playa Las americas and Costa Adeje, South Tenerife
harbour at Puerto Colon, Near La Pinta beach, Costa Adeje, South Tenerife Spain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0ME8 - Dusk night view of Housing developments, blocks of executive flats at Salford Quays, Manchester, North West England, UK.
Imperial Point was the first of the high-rise residential buildings on the Quays: a 16-storey tower built alongside the Lowry Outlet Mall on Pier 8 (Central Wharf) in 2001. Finished in sand-coloured cladding with grey and steel finishes to the roof, service cores and balconies, the lower levels are integrated into the mall.
Sovereign Point is the sister building of Imperial Point, towards the rear of the Lowry Outlet Mall. Completed in 2005, its 20 stories are residential, except for some commercial units at ground level, including Sovereign Food and Wine, the Quays' first grocery store. The tower's design was controversial and regarded as having a poor aesthetic on all but the water-facing elevation and is in stark relief to the neighbouring low-rise Winnipeg Quay.
The NV Buildings were designed by Broadway Maylan and completed between 2004 and 2005. The development consists of three 18-storey residential towers, each 180 feet (55 m) in height. Costing £36 million, they stand in a line overlooking Huron Basin from the waterside of Pier 9 (North Wharf), their curved frontages are designed to represent sails. At night, the buildings are illuminated by green lights atop curved poles, and green flood light to either side. The Type 3 apartment in the NV Buildings won gold for Best Apartment in 2004 What House? awards.
The City Lofts construction began in 2005 and completed in late 2007. The development consists of two linked towers: one 9 stories, the other 19 stories. They are on land adjacent to the bund carrying the Quays road, which separates the Manchester Ship Canal from the cleaned water of the Salford Quays basins. The apartments' interior design was by Conran & Partners. Interest in the development was limited, due to the slump in the housing market, and in July 2008, City Lofts was forced to place all
Salford Quays, Manchester, North West England, UK M50 2AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCK2J - A yellow Bee Network double decker bus travelling through the Deansgate area of Manchester city centre, passing the historic Deansgate Station, formerly associated with Knott Mill, with modern glass towers, cranes and newly built blocks rising behind. The image captures the contrast between old and new Manchester: red brick railway architecture and Victorian transport infrastructure in the foreground, set against the fast changing skyline of high rise residential and commercial development around Deansgate, Castlefield and the wider city centre. The Bee Network is Greater Manchester's joined-up transport system, developed by Transport for Greater Manchester to integrate buses, trams, walking, wheeling and cycling, with buses brought into the network from 2023. TfGM promotes the distinctive yellow branding with the phrase Say yellow to the Bee Network , making the bus immediately recognisable as part of the region's public transport reform. This photograph is useful for editorial coverage of bus franchising, local control of public transport, Greater Manchester devolution, sustainable travel, city transport, urban regeneration, new apartment towers, commuting, active travel, road space and the changing built environment of central Manchester. The visible cyclist, road junction, rail bridge, station building, bus livery and construction skyline give the image strong search value for stories about integrated transport, city centre growth, public infrastructure, housing development, railway heritage and everyday movement through the modern city. The sunny daylight and blue sky provide a clear documentary view, while the mix of historic Deansgate Station and contemporary towers makes the scene especially suitable for articles contrasting Manchester's industrial past with its present phase of dense urban redevelopment.
Yellow Bee Network bus passes Deansgate Station and new city centre towers in Manchester - Deansgate
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Broadheath, Altrincham , Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 5GJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38C5 - View from the foot of Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot records a recognisable subject with enough local detail to make it useful for news, features and long-tail editorial searches. Victoria Street curves through Edinburgh's Old Town with colourful shopfronts, steep levels and dense historic character, making it one of the city's strongest visual symbols for tourism. At dusk the street becomes useful for stories about heritage streets, independent retail, Harry Potter tourism associations, night-time economy, visitor pressure and urban conservation. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. As a Edinburgh subject, it can support local-history, tourism, public-service and urban-change coverage where the place is as important as the object or activity shown. The details in victoria, street, edinburgh, night give the scene a stronger commercial life, especially for editors needing authentic texture rather than a symbolic cut-out.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
