The slums were cleared only to be replaced by a doomed 1960s housing experiment and flawed new homes. Hulme’s infamous Crescents survived for 30 years before they too were ripped down. Next came ...

Princess Road runs alongside Hulme, leading north into the centre of Manchester John Phillips, a former Crescents dweller who has lived in a co-op flat for a quarter of a century, remembers Hulme as a ...

The redevelopment of Hulme in Manchester kick-started a new approach to regeneration in the UK – and the careers of some of housing’s best-known figures. Martin Hilditch joins them on a step back in ...