Urban Views - Manchester City Centre (Easter Trilogy 2) - DJI MINI3 Pro 4K
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- Опубліковано 8 кві 2024
- This is the second video from our Bank Holiday Manchester City Centre trip, and this time we are concentrating on showing the views that can only be seen by using a Drone...
It is tempting to send the drone to its maximum height and then pan around, but doing so leaves the viewer disconnected, so a more reasonable height was used to draw you into the scene and connect with the vista, I hope you feel it works...
Drones - 'Mighty Midge' - DJI MINI3 Pro
Edited using - DaVinci Resolve 18
Music - Rockot - Emotional Slow Motion - pixabay.com/music/beats-emoti...
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Great views Manchester has a great skyline
Thanks... Yes, its evolving so quickly too, making it a good subject for return trips and new vistas...
Fantastic flying and amazing footage, what beautiful views of the city, amazing, well done Suzanne
Thank you..
Great shots 🤩
Thank you...
Its crazy how the City's skyline has changed so much in a relively short time. Nice capture Suzanne. 👌
Thanks Colin, yes, the pace of change is staggering... I just hope the drive towards the future does not wreck what remains of the past beauty that was the halmark of the city... I once remarked to a friend that I disliked the oppressive feel of the ity, with its closed in vistas of multiple stories, making it feel oppresive, he bade me look at the architecture, the beauty of the Victorian buildings, and my eyes were opened... I want to do more Manchester trips, and to capture more of the architecture and beauty of the buildings themselves...
@@albiondrones Nice one. As you've probably gathered I'm into history too. Qwackers has done some interesting vids on the contrast between old and new architecture if your interested in the concept. 👍
@@DocColVideo thanks, I will take a look, just need to get a Pocket 3 and mic sorted in order to be able to do some voice-overs
@@albiondrones Pocket 3 Creators pack comes with all you need. 👍
@@DocColVideo yes, thats what I am after, just persuading hubby is the problem :)
nice
Thanks, it is a photogenic place, given the right conditions..
Suzanne thanks for the quality upgrade. The Trinity Towers and St. Michael's Tower will be landmarks. 🙂👍
Really good colour and panning. 👏
Thank you kindly, it has a modern beauty that needs to be captured, I think I will be returning soon!
@@albiondrones Of course there is a Roman fort but remnants are few and far between. A sandstone block under a single railway arch is testament to the old fort. The Saxons built little but left a huge number of place-names, Deansgate, Ancoats (Eln Cote = lonely cottages) etc. Some of Mcr's medieval buildings like Chetham's survived into the photographic age but unlike Chetham's were not kept. Quite a lot of Georgian buildings survive, though not immediately obvious. Tib Street has a number of Georgian artisan dwellings with weavers attics with windows but modernised shop fronts at street level. Same on the East Side of Piccadilly Gardens. The bulk of Georgian houses in their original settings are probably around St. John's Qtr.
Mcr suffered particularly in the December '40 blitz and especially from incendiaries around 6.40p.m. on the 22nd December' 40. A lot of the appliances had been sent to Liverpool which had been bombed the previous day. A swathe of Mcr from the Cathedral up to Parker Street (East of Piccadilly Gardens) was either burnt or blown up as a fire-break. Many Victoria Gothic buildings sadly were destroyed. The Assize Courts next to Strangeways Prison was aflame. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse (Town Hall) they were a Neo-Gothic delight. They survived as a shell into the 50's. So did the Free Trade Hall. Unlike the Free Trade Hall they were not repaired.
Chetham's is a remarkable medieval survivor. Authorised by Henry V and quarried from local sandstone at Collyhurst brought by boat down the Irk (now under Victoria Stn). It survived the December '40 Blitz, the IRA bomb nearby and the Arena bomb.
The Wellington and Sinclair's Oyster Bar are remarkable survivors too moved from their orignal site (behind M & S) which was the original medieval market place, the bulk of their neighbours having been destroyed in the blitz.
Behind Boots' on Cross Street was a lake that stretched from Market Street to near where Cross Street Chapel is. On the lake was an ancient hall with drawbridge (at the chapel end) providing a moat. In this pool regrettably women were ducked for perceived crimes. Captain Radcliffe lived in the hall and commanded the roundheads in the Siege of Mcr in 1642 fought over the old bridge facing the Cathedral, near where Victoria Bridge now is. As a result of which, after the Restoration, Mcr was, deprived of parliamentary representation 'till the Great Reform Act. Cross Street was called Pool Fold (after the lake) until it was widened in the 1700's. If you look carefully you will still see Back Pool Fold near Cross Street Chapel. The Cross was removed (it used to be near the Printworks) and placed in Chetham's when Corporation Street was built in the 1840's. Old names like "Four Yards" now a backwater, still exist from Mcr's medieval and Tudor Past. Nearby in St. Ann's Square you might see the sign "Acresfield". This was a large area of which St. Ann's Square was a small part. Henry III gave the Mcr baron the right to hold a fair at the, Feast of St. Matthew, 21st September, after the harvest, mainly for cattle. This St. Matthew's Fair was held for 600 years in Acresfield then moved to Alport (Saxon for "Old Town" ) near where the Museum for Science and Industry now is.
During the Jacobite Rebellion the Jacobite Army came to Mcr, during a funeral service at the parish church (now Cathedral), at which they removed their hats. Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed as a guest on Market Street. I think it later became the Albion Hotel. A lot of ancient Mcr, old alleys etc, disappeared under the Arndale Centre.
Mcr did not spring to life in the 1800's as the guidebooks might infer. You have to do some detective work to find some though.
The Royal Exchange is the third on the spot. The end near St. Mary's Gate was originally Newall's Buildings which has been incorporated into the Royal Exchange. Newalll's Buildings was the headquarters of the Anti-Corn Law League. Opposite, where Boots is used to be the Headquarters of the Manchester Guardian and Manchester Courier newspapers. The Manchester Guardian moved to London in the '60's and dropped the name Manchester. Behind it is Norfolk Street the old Stock Exchange now Stocks Hotel. Similarly Hotel Gotham was, a bank designed by Edwin Lutyens who designed the Cenotaph.
Thomas Wyatt who designed Heaton Hall, designed St. Peter's Church, classical. Now, above ground a stone cross marks the site in St. Peter's Square. Below ground it's a different matter entirely as practically the whole crypt survives.
Thank you for your interest.
@@English_Dawn thank you for ttakin the time to post the information, history has always fascinated me, more the ancient past, but the lives of even our more recent ancestors are so much more vivid than most credit, their lives, loves and losses were just as interesting and inspiring as are our own..
@@albiondrones You are welcome. Some guidebooks might mention a Roman past for a paragraph then it seems to be all about the Industrial Revolution!
It tends to take up all the bandwidth. Like there's no oxygen for anything else!
Ordsall Hall in Salford, 1100's and some surviving halls like Baguley and Clayton prove there was more than just the Industrial Revolution.
The modern buildings, towers springing up like topsy am sure are environmental and well-constructed but seem very angular and lack cuddly curves on the whole or the Victoria Gothic detail, spires, turrets and lancets.
I used to feel, like you, a bit claustrophobic, lack of green space, even trees. None more so than on Whitworth Street. Yet Victorian entrepreneurs saw themselves as Florentine merchant-princes. Nowhere, not even London, has such a
wealth of warehouses done in the Italianiate palace style, best on Portland Street (now hotels) but also on Princess Street and Whitworth Street. Albeit with Mcr half-cellars in some cases. Some used faince to dispel soot.
Salboy are planning as part of their Viadux2 behind Mcr Central Station, to build a 76-storey tower, the largest residential tower in Europe. As far as I understand it is at the public consultation phase prior to planning permission.
Most developers purposely aim at graduates with a graduates salary the cost of their offering. Relentless aim St. Michael's Tower at the luxury market ranging apartments from 300k to 6m each in St. Michael's Tower (Phase 2). Captains of creative industries or footballers.
The St. Mary's Parsonage is slightly different. The plans for Alberton House Albert Bridge House and Reedham House should be slightly different by adding curves and green colour. One Cathedral Square is also stepped and ochre coloured, like so many, to match earlier buildings and giving an Italian and Spanish ochre feel.
Even trees have started appearing.
Love your attention to detail, dollied shots and ambient music. It is a treat and a feast to watch your films. ❤️
By Eck. Great flying and spectacular views. What happened to the rain?
Thanks... Believe it or not, it doesn't rain in Manchester as much as rumoured! This was the Easter Bank Holiday, so weather was good, hasn't been so good lately tho :)
Brilliant flight and Editing Suzanne. Give me old abandoned buildings any day. Way too congested for me. I thought Glasgow was packed. Loved every minute
Thank you my friend, it did feel a wee bit tight at times, especially with the wind, but we managed well enough :) nd some clever editing got rid of the win bumps n bounces ;)
Beautiful. Congrats. Thanks.
Thank you kindly, glad it was enjoyed :)
Some great views of Town, I wish they would do something with the Arndale tower because it's so out of date
Thanks... Yes, some parts are now showing their age and the design ethos of their time. As an individual building they perhaps could be modernised, but the question as ever is the funds... The owners have to answer the question of whether to modernise or not, and if the building is still doing its job and making money without work being done, then they won't make any changes in the shorter term - but who knows what will happen over the next few years?
Wonderful drone views! Excellent drone flight!❤ Congratulations, my friend, best regards from Romania!💯❤
Thank you for watching and commenting, it is very much appreciated... Kind regards from Manchester :)
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Great video series on Manchester. Very cinematic with your piloting, music choice and editing! 👏
Thank you... I have a feeling I shall be returning again soon enough, some more ideas to play with now...
@@albiondronesMcr and Salford are bucking the national trend. The main developers like Renaker and Salboy say they can't build fast enough, 8,000 & 4,000 apartments respectively, so far. Renaker say they have another 8,000 planned.
WFH has changed the dynamic massively away from offices even Grade A to residentials. Mcr has the largest student campus in Europe. They retain over half of graduates because they find jobs, 2/3rds prefer to live in the city centres. On top of that 61% of the graduates have graduated elsewhere but choose Mcr & Salford probably because of the buzz, the creative industries, the arts, music, bars, two world class football teams, one of which is going to have it's own large indoor events arena and is itself being expanded and it's half the cost of London.
The Financial Times did a survey that found the average age of tenant in the towers is 31.
And so it begins...
Fantastic video with fantastic footage. ❤ love it Suzanne
Thanks Yvonne, it was a good day for flying tbh :)
Brilliant, is on my list to do Manchester too
Thank you... It is an interesting skyline, with lots of change and challenges ot fly, but definitely worthwhile - go as early as you can to avoid people :)
Absolutely amazing. great job.
Thank you, glad it was enjoyed :)
Another belter loved it
Thanks hon, it was driven by the music, and came together easily enough... Now to try for a 3rd video from the day...
Nice footage 👍🎥
Thank you..
Any special permit required to fly there? I am in MAN today and tomorrow, drone is in my luggage so I am thinking of flying.
No, as long as you have UK Op Id, are sub 250g and fly within the drone code you are good to go - although do stay away from Strangeways prison, which has a large FRZ over and surrounding it... Enjoy your visit and flight :)
And people still moan about the new apartments going up?
Everyone has their own viewpoint, some see the beauty and progress, others see nothing more than the destruction of what was, no matter what condition it was in... It is not something we can change, so we may as well embrace it and celebrate the bold vision of rejuvenation that it presents...