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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 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.
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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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Manchester,Greater Manchester,England,yellow,bus,yellow Bee Network bus,buses,public,control,transport,station,city,regeneration,skyline,centre,fastest,growing,Bee,skies,clear,Andy Burnham,mayor,policy,Bee Network,rebrand,bus franchising,tower,scene,modern,skyscrapers,apartment,apartments,towers,redevelopment,new flats,buy to rent,renters rights act
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.
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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.
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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.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C1A -
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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 -
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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
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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 -
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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.
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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 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4KN -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4M8 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY9B0 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JFT -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAH0 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAH9 -
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N4T - The Haçienda lost its entertainments licence in June 1997. The last night of the club was 28 June 1997, a club night called 'Freak' featuring DJs Elliot Eastwick and Dave Haslam (the final live performance was by Spiritualized on 15 June 1997). The club remained open for a short period as an art gallery before finally going bankrupt and closing for good. After the Haçienda officially closed, it was used as a venue for two free parties organised by the Manchester free party scene. One of the parties ended in a police siege of the building while the party continued inside. These parties resulted in considerable damage and painted graffiti to the Ben Kelly designed interior.
Following a number of years standing empty, The Whitworth Street West site was purchased from the receivers by Crosby Homes. They chose to demolish the nightclub, and reuse the site for the construction of domestic flats. The iconic name was kept for the new development, with the Haçienda name licensed from Peter Hook, who owns the name and trademark. The nightclub was demolished in 2002 - Crosby Homes had acquired the property some time before that and, on Saturday 25 November 2000, held a charity auction of the various fixtures and fittings from the nightclub. Clubgoers and enthusiasts from across the country attended to snap up memorabilia ranging from the DJ booth box and radiators to emergency exit lights. The DJ booth was bought by Bobby Langley, ex Haçienda DJ and Head of Merchandise for Sony Music London for an undisclosed fee.
Crosby Homes were widely criticised for using the Hacienda brand name - and featuring the strapline Now the party's over...you can come home in the promotional material. Another controversial feature of the branding campaign was the appropriation of many of the themes which ran through the original building. One of these was the iconic yellow and black hazard stripe motif which was a powerful symbol in the club's original design, featuring as it did on the club's
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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
