Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is to be fenced off for 18 months while it undergoes a multi-million pound revamp to make it “an attractive world-class space”, according to council officials.
The area – in the middle of the city centre – has become associated with anti-social behaviour and crime.
But officials said there would be more safety measures, greenery and public events, as they remove the unpopular “defunct walls” and attempt to “put the ‘gardens’ back in Piccadilly Gardens” following public feedback.
Some city residents told BBC Radio Manchester that the place had “lost its charm”.
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