Christmas Market Manchester Trafford Centre
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.
Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion; it set a record as the costliest single property sale in British history.
The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history. As of 2011, the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema.
The site was owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Company which John Whittaker's Peel Holdings had been acquiring shares in since 1971[16] Manchester City Council also had a stake, but by the mid 1980s Whittaker had a majority control and proposed building an out-of-town shopping centre, and other schemes.
The council faced a conflict of interest as both a local planning authority and shareholder. Its minority shareholding also no longer gave it any real control over the company. Accordingly, in 1986 it surrendered the right to appoint all but one of the Manchester Ship Canal's directors, and sold its shares to Whittaker for £10 million
Manchester City Council opposed Whittaker's proposal for retail development, stating it would impact negatively on the city centre economy, but accepted it was "obviously in the interests of the shareholders".
The Peel Group submitted a planning application to Trafford Council for development of approximately 300 acres (120 ha) of land in 1986. The application was called in by the Secretary of State for the Environment and legal disputes ensued requiring two public inquiries before planning permission was granted. Objections included congestion fears on the M60 motorway,and adverse consequences for retailers across Greater Manchester. Planning permission was granted in 1993 before being blocked by the Court of Appeal, then reinstated in 1995 by the House of Lords.
Twelve years after being proposed, the Trafford Centre opened on 10 September 1998. Construction had taken 27 months at a cost of £600 million.[23] The Barton Square and Great Hall extensions opened in 2008, at a combined cost of over £100 million.
Decor
The Trafford Centre also contains eclectic Art Deco and Egyptian Revival elements. It is decorated primarily in shades of white, pink and gold with ivory, jade and caramel coloured marble throughout.
As of 1996 there were 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft) or £5.8 million of Tuscan marble and granite flooring from Montignoso and Quarrata, and gold leaf adorns the building's columns.The marble floors and handrails are polished nightly to maintain the centre's opulence.
The Trafford Centre has decorative features such as red roses of Lancaster which pay homage to the local area and North West England. Griffin statues adorn the exterior, the heraldic symbol of the de Trafford baronets who historically owned much of the land in modern-day Trafford.
Elsewhere, fake palm trees and neo-classical decorative pillars made of painted, medium-density fibreboard have received criticism.Manchester architecture critic John Parkinson-Bailey described the Trafford Centre as a building which "will not appeal to purists" and the range of interior architecture as "bewildering".
Portraits around the walls of the mall depict members of the Whittaker family. A Mercedes car formerly belonging to John Whittaker's mother was initially displayed on the first floor mall outside F. Hinds but is now in Trafford Palazzo.
The Orient
The Orient is Europe's largest food court with 1,600 seats and 35 retail outlets. It is decorated in the style of a 1930s ocean liner,[48] incorporating detail representing China, New Orleans, Egypt, Italy, americana and Morocco.The two floors incorporate restaurants, bars and fast food outlets in sight of a giant screen.
Great Hall
The Great Hall opened 2007, its glazed structure housing five restaurants and cafes. Construction took 18 months at a cost of £26 million and incorporates a sweeping staircase with marble balustrades. The centre claims its Great Hall has the largest chandelier in the world at 11 metres (36 ft) wide and 15 metres (49 ft) high. The feature incorporates three internal maintenance walkways and weighs five ton.
Entrance to Trafford Palazzo
The 19,000 square metres (200,000 sq ft), covered Trafford Palazzo opened in 2008 and cost £70 million.The former name referenced nearby Barton-upon-Irwell.
Trafford Palazzo is linked to the main Trafford Centre by a glazed bridge and incorporates a mock Italian renaissance square with fountain and campanile tower.[citation needed]
Barton Square in 2021
A £75 million renovation commenced in mid 2018 for Primark to open as an anchor tenant in 2020.The first floor extension created 110,000 sq ft of new retail floor space
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Asiu bardzo dziekuje za tak motywujacy komentarz😊❤ po takich komentarzach to az chce sie nagrywac, 😊❤ ludzie czesto zle sie wypowiadaja o wyspach ale to dlatego, ze widza tylko prace, dom I polski sklep.Nigdzie sie nie rusza a potem mowia, ze Anglia jest brzydka 😉a tu jest naprawde duxo pieknych miejsc 😀
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Przedświąteczny czas ❤️ , otula magicznie nas ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ .
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Eleganckie świąteczne dekoracje!😃
Jest ten klimacik świąteczny!🎄😉👌
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Cudowna przedświąteczna atmosfera, piękny film! Dziękuję, serdeczne pozdrowienia.🎅
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Fajny spacer, dużo kolorów i świątecznych dekoracji robi klimat 😊🎄
Tak, bardzo przyjemne sa takie jarmarki 😀
Wielkie przygotowania i Święta szybko miną.
Tutaj sie swietuje dluzej niz w Polsce, te swietowania trwaja od polowy listopada do 3 stycznia. Tutaj juz sie swietuje czas oczekiwania na Boze Narodzenie, wlasnie w tym czasie odbywaja sie takie swiateczne markety , rozne imprezy gdzie ludzie sie spotykaja I dobrze sie bawia 😀
outstanding
Thank you 😊
Bez śniegu ale jest piękny przedświąteczny klimat 🎄🌟
Wspaniały Jarmark i ogromne centrum handlowe! 😋😄
Dzięki za pokazanie tych cudowności!
Centrum jest na prawde ogromne, jeszcze nigdy nie udalo nam sie przejsc calego 😄
Fajny klimat przedświąteczny🙂🤩
Oj tak, wspanisle miejsce 😀
That's awesome (great video)! - I clap my hands and share Christmas greetings! 👍👍
Wish you a good day my friend!
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From someone who remembers when it used to be a farm :) This is one of the best videos I’ve seen of the Trafford Centre
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Super video
Dziekuje 😀
Niesamowite miejsce☺
Oj tak, lubimy tam jezdzic 😀
Fajny klimat :) Pozdrawiam serdecznie
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Pozdrawiamy😊
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Buen video 👍💕
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Pozdrawiam z Gorzowa 😁
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fantastic @gramermanush1279
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