Manchester city centre originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing. The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The area is noted for glazed, modern buildings – many of which are offices. In 2010, Spinningfields accounted for 35% of
Rylands v Fletcher been concerned that the reasonable use test, which appears in nuisance, is not applicable to cases brought under "Rylands". The first requirement under "Rylands" is that the defendant "for his own purposes brings onto land and collects and keeps there". In "Rylands", this was the keeping of water in a reservoir; other cases in England and Wales have illustrated what sort of material is considered. In "British Celanese v AH Hunt", the accumulation was of metal foil strips. "For his own purpose" is not understood to be "for his benefit", although that was what Blackburn was referring to at the