Comments on: Council plans to build stainless steel and glass ‘safety fence’ along Canal Street http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20090617-council-plans-to-build-stainless-steel-and-glass-safety-fence-along-canal-street.shtml News, comment, photography and video from Manchester Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:25:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: S http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20090617-council-plans-to-build-stainless-steel-and-glass-safety-fence-along-canal-street.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-33409 S Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:31:50 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/?p=1177#comment-33409 Never mind a safety fence to the canal, can't we erect one to keep the increasing take-over of the hen parties and foul mouthed smackheads out? Never mind a safety fence to the canal, can’t we erect one to keep the increasing take-over of the hen parties and foul mouthed smackheads out?

]]> By: GS http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20090617-council-plans-to-build-stainless-steel-and-glass-safety-fence-along-canal-street.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-32356 GS Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:21:29 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/?p=1177#comment-32356 Whatever it is made of, this ugly fence is going to look a real mess. The irony is, it will blight Canal Street and make it less attractive to those people who might visit for some reason other than 'getting bladdered'. Tourists for example. It detracts from the history of the place. Much of the 'regeneration' that has happened elsewhere along the canal has been awful (the wire boxes filled with stones near Tarif Street for example). Many people would say that, due to the unsympathetic development that has been allowed, over concentration of bars and takeaways, ugly street furniture and tacky monuments, the gay village is already a far less attractive place than it was 20 years ago, when it still had some Victorian charm. Despite all the hype we are witnessing the destruction of Manchester as a pleasant place to live and visit and all in the name of short-term profit and idiotic health and safety jobsworths. Whatever it is made of, this ugly fence is going to look a real mess. The irony is, it will blight Canal Street and make it less attractive to those people who might visit for some reason other than ‘getting bladdered’. Tourists for example.

It detracts from the history of the place. Much of the ‘regeneration’ that has happened elsewhere along the canal has been awful (the wire boxes filled with stones near Tarif Street for example).

Many people would say that, due to the unsympathetic development that has been allowed, over concentration of bars and takeaways, ugly street furniture and tacky monuments, the gay village is already a far less attractive place than it was 20 years ago, when it still had some Victorian charm.

Despite all the hype we are witnessing the destruction of Manchester as a pleasant place to live and visit and all in the name of short-term profit and idiotic health and safety jobsworths.

]]> By: Mel http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/20090617-council-plans-to-build-stainless-steel-and-glass-safety-fence-along-canal-street.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-32355 Mel Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:21:49 +0000 http://www.g7uk.com/photo-video-blog/?p=1177#comment-32355 Yeah I spotted this earlier and I'm as disgusted as you. And they're only accepting comments til Friday? That's terrible. I wonder who will be the first to have their head smashed through a glass pane when someone's had a few too many? Yeah I spotted this earlier and I’m as disgusted as you. And they’re only accepting comments til Friday? That’s terrible.

I wonder who will be the first to have their head smashed through a glass pane when someone’s had a few too many?

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