Official Manchester Thread 13 - Page 5

Manc Guy · May 30th, 2006, 11:33 PM

What ye'all think?

kids · May 30th, 2006, 11:36 PM

that's fucking awesome manc guy.

***b4mmy*** · May 30th, 2006, 11:39 PM

Splendid. Try running 10 seconds of animation and load it up to Photobucket.... just a short path...

tlhf · May 30th, 2006, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manc Guy

What ye'all think?

10/10! That's brilliant.

Manc Guy · May 31st, 2006, 01:43 AM

Cheers

RanjitSingh · May 31st, 2006, 11:07 AM

That really is superb! How long di't take you?

jrb · May 31st, 2006, 12:11 PM

Yep, great stuff Manc Guy.

Typical MEN piece.

New-look city pulls in the punters

FORGET about Paris and Prague, Manchester is now one of the hottest destinations for weekend breaks.

Huge investment in attractions and a year-long events programme have paid off, with the annual number of visitors to Britain's second city rising by 13m in just five years.

And tourism chiefs have tipped Manchester's "truly thriving" reputation as a short-break destination to get another major boost when it launches it inaugural international arts festival next year.

Hotels are now three-quarters full for five months of the year and tourism is now worth an estimated £2.39bn to Greater Manchester.

Rising figures

Recent figures show visitor numbers rose from 77.1m in 1999 to 90.7m in 2004. The number of tourism-related jobs went up from 31,538 to 39,976 in the same period.

New attractions have combined with traditional favourites to boost Greater Manchester's reputation as a place to see, with the Museum of Science and Industry attracting nearly 500,000 visitors a year and the Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery, the Imperial War Museum North and Manchester United's Museum and Tour Centre attracting 200,000 or more. And Urbis, the gallery of city life, is not far behind.

Manchester has already closed the gap on Edinburgh as Britain's most popular tourist destination after London from 350,000 visitors a year in 2000 to 170,000 in 2004. Most visitors come from Ireland, with Americans, Germans, the French and Spanish also in the top five.

Regeneration

The tourist boom has reached such levels Marketing Manchester, the tourist board for Greater Manchester, has begun offering hotel accommodation over the phone and on its website, www.visitmanchester.com, 24 hours a day.

Chief executive Andrew Stokes said: "As a result of the regeneration of Manchester, and of the increased flight routes to Manchester Airport, the city's popularity as a short break destination is thriving.

"The city's culture, creativity and charm is expressed in the array activities, from speciality markets and sporting events to Manchester Pride and the much anticipated Manchester International Festival.

"The excellent transport links and hotels further enhance the city's tourism offering."

jrb · May 31st, 2006, 12:14 PM

Property investor show starts Thursday.

I'll nip down and see if I can get anything?

http://www.propertyinvestor.co.uk/manchester/

Metrolink · May 31st, 2006, 02:25 PM

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....e_punters.html

New-look city pulls in the punters
David Ottewell and Julia Dudley

FORGET about Paris and Prague, Manchester is now one of the hottest destinations for weekend breaks.

Huge investment in attractions and a year-long events programme have paid off, with the annual number of visitors to Britain's second city rising by 13m in just five years.

And tourism chiefs have tipped Manchester's "truly thriving" reputation as a short-break destination to get another major boost when it launches it inaugural international arts festival next year.

Advertisement your story continues below
Hotels are now three-quarters full for five months of the year and tourism is now worth an estimated £2.39bn to Greater Manchester.

Rising figures

Recent figures show visitor numbers rose from 77.1m in 1999 to 90.7m in 2004. The number of tourism-related jobs went up from 31,538 to 39,976 in the same period.

New attractions have combined with traditional favourites to boost Greater Manchester's reputation as a place to see, with the Museum of Science and Industry attracting nearly 500,000 visitors a year and the Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery, the Imperial War Museum North and Manchester United's Museum and Tour Centre attracting 200,000 or more. And Urbis, the gallery of city life, is not far behind.

Manchester has already closed the gap on Edinburgh as Britain's most popular tourist destination after London from 350,000 visitors a year in 2000 to 170,000 in 2004. Most visitors come from Ireland, with Americans, Germans, the French and Spanish also in the top five.

Regeneration

The tourist boom has reached such levels Marketing Manchester, the tourist board for Greater Manchester, has begun offering hotel accommodation over the phone and on its website, www.visitmanchester.com, 24 hours a day.

Chief executive Andrew Stokes said: "As a result of the regeneration of Manchester, and of the increased flight routes to Manchester Airport, the city's popularity as a short break destination is thriving.

"The city's culture, creativity and charm is expressed in the array activities, from speciality markets and sporting events to Manchester Pride and the much anticipated Manchester International Festival.

"The excellent transport links and hotels further enhance the city's tourism offering."

chasedwar · May 31st, 2006, 02:40 PM

I often get the train from platform 14 at picc station. looking down on the road
within the last couple of weeks, two huge concrete cores have shot up behind the curved ex-BT building.
I would be delighted if anyone could enlighten me as to whats going up? I hope its not more 'key' worker social housing.

Accura4Matalan · May 31st, 2006, 02:52 PM

Its a 19-storey student block I think.

dirtyred619 · May 31st, 2006, 02:53 PM

Its a 19 storey student block apparently, think theres a render knocking about somewhere, seem to remember it looking OK for a student block.

The Longford · May 31st, 2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chasedwar

I hope its not more 'key' worker social housing.

Yeah God forbid poor people should be able to find somewhere to live.
They have got such a cheek haven't they? If they are not providing 'key services' they are cluttering up our beautiful middle class city centre with all their social housing and lottery tickets and fags and alco pops and pit bull terriers and the like.
I shall be writing to the Daily Mail to complain!

Isaac Newell · May 31st, 2006, 08:08 PM

What's a key worker, is social housing the modern term for "servants quarters"

M13 · May 31st, 2006, 11:29 PM

Virtual pat on the back for the first chap or chapess to work out what these dots represent.

Caiman · May 31st, 2006, 11:31 PM

Few posts have passed but, nice work with that image Manc Guy, have you gotten that proficient with Sketchup via trial and error? I got my hands on it recently and did a few tutorials but I've not really been able to create anything like that just yet, trying really to work out how to do non-standard shapes and curves.

highriser · May 31st, 2006, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M13

Virtual pat on the back for the first chap or chapess to work out what these dots represent.

Black cab's ???

rolybling · May 31st, 2006, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Longford

Yeah God forbid poor people should be able to find somewhere to live.
They have got such a cheek haven't they? If they are not providing 'key services' they are cluttering up our beautiful middle class city centre with all their social housing and lottery tickets and fags and alco pops and pit bull terriers and the like.
I shall be writing to the Daily Mail to complain!

Can you add my name to that letter, those cheeky poor people, how very dare they

rolybling · May 31st, 2006, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M13

Virtual pat on the back for the first chap or chapess to work out what these dots represent.

Starbucks?
A colour blindness test?
Listed buildings?

give up

The Longford · May 31st, 2006, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M13

Virtual pat on the back for the first chap or chapess to work out what these dots represent.

By the concentration on Fairfield St i am guessing it is prostitutes!

Wi Fi spots?
Coffee shops?
Bombs in the 1940 blitz?
Bus stops?
Former pubs?
Murders?
Speed cameras?
Places ive had a piss when ive been in town drunk?
Nightclubs in the 1950's/ 60's?

May 30th, 2006, 11:36 PM	#82
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,764 Likes (Received): 75	that's fucking awesome manc guy. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

May 30th, 2006, 11:39 PM	#83
*b4mmy* E4T M3 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: M4CCLESFIELD Posts: 12,297 Likes (Received): 106	Splendid. Try running 10 seconds of animation and load it up to Photobucket.... just a short path... __________________ 吃我的苹果

May 31st, 2006, 11:07 AM	#86
RanjitSingh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 66 Likes (Received): 0	That really is superb! How long di't take you? __________________ My graphics: http://ranjitsingh.deviantart.com/

May 31st, 2006, 02:40 PM	#90
chasedwar the man who builds cities Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Down in Albion Posts: 471 Likes (Received): 1	I often get the train from platform 14 at picc station. looking down on the road within the last couple of weeks, two huge concrete cores have shot up behind the curved ex-BT building. I would be delighted if anyone could enlighten me as to whats going up? I hope its not more 'key' worker social housing. __________________ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children.

May 31st, 2006, 02:52 PM	#91
Accura4Matalan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Preston, England/Colwyn Bay, North Wales Posts: 11,845 Likes (Received): 43	Its a 19-storey student block I think. __________________ Preston Projects List Updated 11th September 2010

May 30th, 2006, 11:33 PM	#81
Manc Guy I'm sure ting 'blad'! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,749 Likes (Received): 2	What ye'all think?

May 31st, 2006, 01:43 AM	#85
Manc Guy I'm sure ting 'blad'! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,749 Likes (Received): 2	Cheers

May 31st, 2006, 12:11 PM	#87
jrb 10th February 2008 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 26,444 Likes (Received): 284	Yep, great stuff Manc Guy. Typical MEN piece. New-look city pulls in the punters FORGET about Paris and Prague, Manchester is now one of the hottest destinations for weekend breaks. Huge investment in attractions and a year-long events programme have paid off, with the annual number of visitors to Britain's second city rising by 13m in just five years. And tourism chiefs have tipped Manchester's "truly thriving" reputation as a short-break destination to get another major boost when it launches it inaugural international arts festival next year. Hotels are now three-quarters full for five months of the year and tourism is now worth an estimated £2.39bn to Greater Manchester. Rising figures Recent figures show visitor numbers rose from 77.1m in 1999 to 90.7m in 2004. The number of tourism-related jobs went up from 31,538 to 39,976 in the same period. New attractions have combined with traditional favourites to boost Greater Manchester's reputation as a place to see, with the Museum of Science and Industry attracting nearly 500,000 visitors a year and the Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery, the Imperial War Museum North and Manchester United's Museum and Tour Centre attracting 200,000 or more. And Urbis, the gallery of city life, is not far behind. Manchester has already closed the gap on Edinburgh as Britain's most popular tourist destination after London from 350,000 visitors a year in 2000 to 170,000 in 2004. Most visitors come from Ireland, with Americans, Germans, the French and Spanish also in the top five. Regeneration The tourist boom has reached such levels Marketing Manchester, the tourist board for Greater Manchester, has begun offering hotel accommodation over the phone and on its website, www.visitmanchester.com, 24 hours a day. Chief executive Andrew Stokes said: "As a result of the regeneration of Manchester, and of the increased flight routes to Manchester Airport, the city's popularity as a short break destination is thriving. "The city's culture, creativity and charm is expressed in the array activities, from speciality markets and sporting events to Manchester Pride and the much anticipated Manchester International Festival. "The excellent transport links and hotels further enhance the city's tourism offering."

May 31st, 2006, 12:14 PM	#88
jrb 10th February 2008 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 26,444 Likes (Received): 284	Property investor show starts Thursday. I'll nip down and see if I can get anything? http://www.propertyinvestor.co.uk/manchester/

May 31st, 2006, 02:25 PM	#89
Metrolink Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,738 Likes (Received): 0	http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....e_punters.html New-look city pulls in the punters David Ottewell and Julia Dudley FORGET about Paris and Prague, Manchester is now one of the hottest destinations for weekend breaks. Huge investment in attractions and a year-long events programme have paid off, with the annual number of visitors to Britain's second city rising by 13m in just five years. And tourism chiefs have tipped Manchester's "truly thriving" reputation as a short-break destination to get another major boost when it launches it inaugural international arts festival next year. Advertisement your story continues below Hotels are now three-quarters full for five months of the year and tourism is now worth an estimated £2.39bn to Greater Manchester. Rising figures Recent figures show visitor numbers rose from 77.1m in 1999 to 90.7m in 2004. The number of tourism-related jobs went up from 31,538 to 39,976 in the same period. New attractions have combined with traditional favourites to boost Greater Manchester's reputation as a place to see, with the Museum of Science and Industry attracting nearly 500,000 visitors a year and the Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery, the Imperial War Museum North and Manchester United's Museum and Tour Centre attracting 200,000 or more. And Urbis, the gallery of city life, is not far behind. Manchester has already closed the gap on Edinburgh as Britain's most popular tourist destination after London from 350,000 visitors a year in 2000 to 170,000 in 2004. Most visitors come from Ireland, with Americans, Germans, the French and Spanish also in the top five. Regeneration The tourist boom has reached such levels Marketing Manchester, the tourist board for Greater Manchester, has begun offering hotel accommodation over the phone and on its website, www.visitmanchester.com, 24 hours a day. Chief executive Andrew Stokes said: "As a result of the regeneration of Manchester, and of the increased flight routes to Manchester Airport, the city's popularity as a short break destination is thriving. "The city's culture, creativity and charm is expressed in the array activities, from speciality markets and sporting events to Manchester Pride and the much anticipated Manchester International Festival. "The excellent transport links and hotels further enhance the city's tourism offering."

May 31st, 2006, 02:53 PM	#92
dirtyred619 In The Ghetto Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 418 Likes (Received): 0	Its a 19 storey student block apparently, think theres a render knocking about somewhere, seem to remember it looking OK for a student block. __________________ Up Yer Ronson

May 31st, 2006, 08:08 PM	#94
Isaac Newell Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,895 Likes (Received): 6	What's a key worker, is social housing the modern term for "servants quarters"

May 31st, 2006, 11:29 PM	#95
M13 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 51 Likes (Received): 0	Virtual pat on the back for the first chap or chapess to work out what these dots represent.

May 31st, 2006, 11:31 PM	#96
Caiman I love those crazy dutch Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,128 Likes (Received): 133	Few posts have passed but, nice work with that image Manc Guy, have you gotten that proficient with Sketchup via trial and error? I got my hands on it recently and did a few tutorials but I've not really been able to create anything like that just yet, trying really to work out how to do non-standard shapes and curves. __________________ ~touched by his noodly appendage

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