Ancoats' Little Italy

• Ancoats in Manchester was known as Little Italy throughout the 19th century
• Ancoats --> "the world's first industrial suburb"
• From the 18th century onwards, Ancoats was a thriving industrial district
• Suffered accelerating economic decline from the 1930s and depopulation in the years after WWII, particularly during the slum clearances of the 1960s
• Since then (the 1990s) Ancoats' industrial heritage has been recognized and has led to investment and the development of substantial regeneration plans
  --> REGENERATION:
• A target population of 15,000 was set for the Ancoats area by 2010
• The first major residential development in the area was MM2 Apartments Manchester. These Italian inspired urban homes were built on land bounded by Great Ancoats St, Henry St, and Jersey St to Redhill St. This former Ice Cream factory site is now home to 90 apartments which were completed in 2003, and is now just one of several developments in the area