a M.E.N survey found that three out of four Mancunians hated the wall. One commenter, Andy Jackson, described the plaza’s ‘1970s Soviet urine-stained vibe’ while slating badly kept grass, drug dealers and regularly broken fountains.And more than 20,000 people signed an M.E.N.
petition two years later calling for its demolition and the restoration of the gardens to their '1950s splendour'.It’s divided opinion like nothing else over the years.One champion - Eddy Rhead, of The Modernist Society - says any other city would be proud to have a piece by the world-renowned architect who designed it, Tadao Ando."In Japan his work is revered, but in Manchester we treat it like s***.
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