As well as marking the dawn of a new century, the year 2000 saw the birth of several new institutions in and around Manchester. The Corn Exchange reopened as The Triangle shopping centre - part of the city's big rebuild following the devastation caused by the IRA bomb four years earlier.

As the city centre came alive again after so much of it was destroyed , part of the restructure saw the long-abandoned Printworks complex on the corner of Withy Grove and Corporation Street restored. And what bigger statement for a new era in the city than attracting the first Hard Rock Cafe in England outside of London as its first tenant?

The original Hard Rock Cafe opened in London in 1971 . It was launched by two US expats who wanted to create a place that served up the ultimate American burger

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