Blumenstand vor dem Altrincham Market, Greenwood Street, Trafford, mit Einkäufern auf dem regenerierten alten Marktplatz, einem geschäftstüchtigen Einzelhandelsziel
5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
16. Juni 2018
Ort:
12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA, UK
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Stock photograph shows a colourful exterior flower stall outside Altrincham Market and Market House on Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester. The scene captures a busy open retail space with cut flowers, potted plants, market gazebos, shoppers, visitors, paving, street furniture and the timber-framed modern canopy of the outdoor market. The overcast sky gives soft, even daylight, useful for editorial features about high street regeneration, local shopping, independent traders, town centre footfall, food markets, flower sales, urban design and successful retail placemaking in North West England. Altrincham is often used as a case study in the revival of a struggling town centre, where food, drink, events, specialist retail, leisure and public realm improvements have helped create a more attractive destination than a conventional chain-store shopping street. The photograph can illustrate the contrast between older market traditions and contemporary market-hall culture, with flowers and plants adding colour, seasonality and human scale to the streetscape. The Market House is a Grade II listed building and the market’s roots are linked to Altrincham’s long history as a Cheshire market town, with the charter tradition dating back to the medieval period. The image has useful stock value for stories on Trafford Council, Greater Manchester retail policy, independent small businesses, weekend shopping, local tourism, market-led regeneration, town centre economics, community spaces, public markets, pedestrian-friendly streets, outdoor trading, British flower buying and urban lifestyle. Visible shoppers and casual browsing suit articles on consumer confidence, local enterprise, healthy town centres, civic investment, family days out, sustainable economies, walkable neighbourhoods and the appeal of fresh produce, plants and artisan stalls in a public square
