Aniline site: Manchester City FC Training Complex And Community Pitches

[Lookin Up]

Originally Posted by jrb

Yes.

Eventually found it.



Click on the link for more info and renders of the bridge, etc. From earlier on in the thread. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1417210&page=7

United fan myself but one of those that would be happy for City finish second as long as we finish first. City doing well also is good for the whole area and all that..... rather than being a tribalistic moron. I love Manchester first and foremost.
Anyway.

Point 1. The whole Abu Dhabi investment/regeneration has to be good for East Manchester. Even the most tribal United fan has to get that.

Point 2. Looking at that image above, the whole streetscene looks empty, deserted. It looks like nobody lives there, and that has to change.

Point 3. We've heard so much speculation about what the Abu Dhabi investment might bring to to the site, and so far....well not a lot really. Dirt shifting and a lot of promises and speculation.
The stadium continues to underwhelm.
The new facilities proposed, whilst welcome are hardly the stuff of dreams. Most of the 'investment' so far has gone into fattening the bank balances of mercenary footballers who probably don't give a shit about the football club, Manchester or its environs.

To use that hideous Olympic phrase.........what will the long term physical legacy of the Abu Dhabi Phase be?