Manchester

===Since 2000===
Spurred by the investment after the 1996 bombing and aided by the [[2002 Commonwealth Games|XVII Commonwealth Games]], the city centre has undergone extensive regeneration.<ref name="Regeneration">{{cite book |title=Pevsner Architectural Guides: Manchester |last=Hartwell |first=Clare |year=2001 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=0-14-071131-7}}<br /> {{cite book |title=Manchester: an Architectural History |first=John J |last=Parkinson-Bailey |year=2000 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=0-7190-5606-3}}<br /> {{cite book |title=Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East |url=http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300105834 |last1=Hartwell |first1=Clare |last2=Hyde |first2=Matthew |last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |author-link3=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |isbn=0-300-10583-5 |access-date=7 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121084122/http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300105834 |archive-date=21 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> New and renovated complexes such as [[The Printworks (Manchester)|The Printworks]] and [[Corn Exchange, Manchester|Corn Exchange]] have become popular shopping, eating and entertainment areas. [[Manchester Arndale]] is the UK's largest city-centre shopping centre.<ref name="Arndale">{{cite web |url=http://www.mandg.co.uk/institutions/realestate/our-properties/ |title=Manchester Arndale |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=Prudential plc |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804232909/http://www.mandg.co.uk/institutions/realestate/our-properties/ |archive-date=4 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Large city sections from the 1960s have been demolished, re-developed or modernised with the use of glass and steel. Old mills have been converted into apartments. [[Hulme]] has undergone extensive regeneration, with million-pound loft-house apartments being developed. The 47-storey, {{convert|169|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} [[Beetham Tower, Manchester|Beetham Tower]] was the tallest UK building outside of [[London]] and the highest residential accommodation in Europe when completed in 2006. It was surpassed in 2018 by the {{convert|201|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} South Tower of the [[Deansgate Square]] project, also in Manchester.<ref name="Beetham Tower">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4944590.stm |title=City building reaches full height |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=26 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406120452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4944590.stm | archive-date=6 April 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2007, the independent Casino Advisory Panel licensed Manchester to build the UK's only [[supercasino]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/01/30/dome_feature.shtml |title=Greenwich loses Casino Bet |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=15 February 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213174837/http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/01/30/dome_feature.shtml |archive-date=13 December 2007 |url-status= live}}</ref> but plans were abandoned in February 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/empty-promises-and-spin-944718 |title=Empty promises and spin |access-date=9 October 2008 |publisher=M.E.N. media |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |date=26 February 2008 |author=Ottewell, David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130203421/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/empty-promises-and-spin-944718 |archive-date=30 January 2013 }}</ref>

On 22 May 2017, an [[Islamist terrorist]] carried out [[Manchester Arena bombing|a bombing]] at an [[Ariana Grande]] concert in the [[Manchester Arena]]; the bomb killed 23, including the attacker, and injured over 800.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44129386 |title=Manchester Arena attack: Bomb 'injured more than 800' |publisher=BBC News |date=16 May 2018 |access-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027164115/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44129386 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was the deadliest terrorist attack and first suicide bombing in Britain since the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]. It caused [[Reactions to the Manchester Arena bombing|worldwide condemnation]] and changed the [[UK Threat Levels|UK's threat level]] to "critical" for the first time since 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester attack: Terror threat reduced from critical to severe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40069959 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527101510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40069959 |archive-date=27 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Birmingham has historically been considered to be England or the UK's second city, but in the 21st century claims to this [[Second city of the United Kingdom|unofficial title]] have also been made for Manchester.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6f4d18a6-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/6f4d18a6-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Splendidly pointless second city debate|first=Brian|last=Groom|work=Financial Times|date=25 February 2013|accessdate=16 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series11/week5_manchester_second_city.shtml|title=Inside Out - North West: Friday February 9, 2007|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Marco|last1=Bontje|first2=Sako|last2=Musterd|year=2016|title=Inventive City-Regions: Path Dependence and Creative Knowledge Strategies|publisher=Routledge|location=London|page=173|isbn=9781317113171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1AfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA173}}</ref>