Readers have reacted to the demolition of the 'grim eyesore' concrete wall in Piccadilly Gardens and have made calls for how they want the city centre park to be transformed. Pictures taken on Thursday (August 22), have revealed how the section of the wall, which previously formed a covered shelter between Blank Street Coffee and Bunsik, has now been ripped down. Earlier this year, work first started on the long-awaited transformation of the 'Berlin Wall' - the grey and grubby structure that once surrounded the gardens in the heart of the city centre.
READ MORE Massive chunk of Piccadilly Gardens' 'Berlin Wall' dubbed a 'grim eyesore' has GONE Calls have been made for the gardens to be transformed into its former glory, with the planting of flower beds and well groomed greenery. Piccadilly Gardens has been an iconic part of Manchester city centre for decades. Built shortly after World War I on the former site of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, it was originally a beautiful sunken garden with flowers, trees and allotments.
Piccadilly Gardens has looked very different over the years (Image: Manchester Metropolitan University) In 2002, the area was levelled out and reconstructed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, with a concrete pavilion and a water feature added. The recent works have seen the canopy roof that joined the two sides of the crescent-shaped Pavilion, between the Piccadilly bus stops and the gardens, removed, with the wall remaining in two parts. In 2016, more than 2.