At 5.30pm in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens, three police officers are gathered around a wheelchair parked in front of a gold postbox commemorating Team GB’s Olympic cycling success. On Thursday night, a 19-year-old man was taken to hospital after being assaulted in Piccadilly Gardens by a man with a broken bottle. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Piccadilly Gardens’ benches and grassy areas have become a magnet for homeless people and all-day drinkers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest How it used to look: LS Lowry’s depiction of the demolished gardens, ‘Piccadilly Gardens, 1954’. “But we do get people congregating in Piccadilly Gardens who make other people feel uncomfortable,” she acknowledges.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2020 14:48 UTC