Manchester Panorama - The View from The Top
115 views · Published 18 August 2016 · 3:37 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2016 · Education
Once again, David James shares with us a privileged view from height of his beloved home city, Manchester. He’s starting his work day on the roof of one of the city’s iconic converted mill buildings. Albert Mill was built in 1869, when the area around it, Castlefield, would have been a highly-industrialised maelstrom of activity. Albert Mill is a grade two listed building, sympathetically converted by pioneering developers Urban Splash. These days, times have changed, and apartments close to the bustling city centre such as those in this building are highly-sought after. Castlefield itself is a tribute to how industrial spaces can find new life - it’s found new life as an area of resturants, canal pathways, open spaces, retail and domestic buildings. Dave gives us a 360 degree turn-around - giving us a sense of the sweeping view he and strutting, hard-core urban pigeons are enjoying. Of course, he takes in the far fair view of the hallowed ground of Old Trafford. Then its back to the working day, and his task of making the world a more beautiful place….
