Keep Afflecks Palace open
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Started: February 20, 2007, 9:29:33 pm
Target: Bluntwood and Manchester City Council
Category: Economy & Business
Supporters:

8,331
Goal:

100,000
Goal Progress:

9% Complete
Status

Active
Afflecks Palace is an alternative, world famous shopping centre, and is the heart of Manchester's Northern Quarter. Like the Coliseum before it, the company that owns the building is now planning to develop it into something else, probably flats, or to increase the rent dramatically for the existing stallholders.
People come to Manchester from all over the country, and all over the world, with Afflecks being a major draw in this. It inspires trends and sustains the vibrant youth cultures that Manchester is known for, because the way it is set up allows entrepreneurs to start up there cheaply. For Afflecks to close would mean a major blow to the cultural heart of the city, which must not be underestimated. Even if it were to remain open, a major increase in rents (the proposed figures include doubling the current rent) would mean that many of the stallholders would be forced out of business.
We understand that Manchester is a popular, thriving city (and we wouldn't have it any other way)and that this means that people want to live in the city centre. But for somewhere as iconic as Afflecks Palace to close will take Manchester that bit closer to being like anyother city, and losing a major part of its identity. We cannot allow this to happen.




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gema woolley said 2 weeks ago (verified)
I support this petition.
#8331

Joanne Standley said 3 weeks ago (unverified)
This is the only place i can get hANGRY&ANGRY stuff in the UK. Leave it where it is!
#8330

guerroudj eva said 10/09/09, 1:10 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8329

Jessica Flynn said 08/24/09, 1:25 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8328

stephen rafferty said 08/06/09, 8:36 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8327

Alison Turner said 08/01/09, 7:19 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#8326

Helen Sanderson said 07/31/09, 1:16 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8325

Huw Smith said 07/28/09, 6:41 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8324

Jenny Jones said 07/10/09, 4:55 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8323

Katie Jones said 06/12/09, 4:28 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#8322

georgia Nolan said 06/10/09, 6:48 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8321

sreeja k said 05/24/09, 1:17 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8320

Rachael S said 05/22/09, 10:28 am (unverified)
I support this petition.
#8319

Lauren Abberley said 05/20/09, 2:42 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#8318

Joan Keane said 04/12/09, 12:20 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#8317

Georgina Parkin said 04/05/09, 6:31 pm (verified)
I support this petition. For these reasons: Afflecks has a variety of items ; from the beautiful dress I bought toa retro black and white tv that was showing shipwrecked (reality tv show) when I was last there One of the many things that make Manchester unique. Their cafe has one of the best burgers I have tastes, eaten and digested. Yet most of all it's one of those places that people travel from further away to reach like Sophie Davis who came from Glasgow and it's one of the places you can go with your friends and relax.
#8316

Sophie Davis said 03/28/09, 9:08 pm (verified)
I come all the way from Glasgow just to shop in Afflecks Palace, a few times a year. Don't take that away from me.
#8315

Tasha Allen said 03/24/09, 1:58 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#8314

Francesca Bartrum said 01/27/09, 9:04 am (verified)
They cannot close Affleck's, this place is unique, and if closed, Manchester would loose a large amount of visitors that come especially to visit Affleck's Palace..!! I support this petition.
#8313

Megan Malice said 01/23/09, 3:06 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#8312