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In 2009, there were calls for traffic to be banned on
Deansgate and for it to be pedestrianised. The calls were triggered in response to road works that closed parts of Deansgate. Some argued that the disablement of a major traffic route in the city centre could have a damaging economic effect, while
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In 2022, widened cycle lanes were put in place, and a bus lane opened at the junction of
Blackfriars Street and Deansgate for southbound buses, taxis and bicycles. From Bridge Street to Quay Street it will be permanently one-way only, in a southbound direction.
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Deansgate is a long straight street which has provided a venue for sporting events in the city centre. In 2006, A1 Racing cars visited the city to launch A1 Grand Prix, and used
Deansgate as part of the route. In August 2011, thousands packed the street as
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and bars including the Moon Under Water, formerly the
Deansgate Cinema (or ABC Deansgate). At 820 square metres (8,800 sq ft), able to accommodate 1,700 customers, and employing 60 staff, it has been listed in
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occupied a section of the road from St Mary’s Gate to John Dalton Street for four days, with tents and organised talks on climate change, sustainable living and resistance. This reignited calls for it to be pedestrianised.
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Deansgate begins at
Victoria Street, a 19th-century creation. Its east side was occupied by the Victoria Buildings built on a triangular site by Manchester Corporation in 1876, but destroyed during a bomb raid in the
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Victoria Buildings and many offices on the floors above. Victoria Arcade ran through the block and at the northern end was the Victoria Hotel with 100 rooms.
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By the late 19th century
Deansgate was an area of varied uses: its northern end had shopping and substantial office buildings while further south were slums and a working-class area around
153:, England. It runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile in length.
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began to address the social problems in 1869 and its work continues in a very different form. From Peter Street southwards the eastern side was dominated by the viaducts of the
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West meets it at this point). The section to the south of Peter Street was known as
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track. The event has become an annual fixture on the
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Jenson Button drives a McLaren F1 car down Deansgate.
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took place on Deansgate, which featured a 150-metre
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