Manchester doesn't stand still for long.
Ever since its emergence as the world's first industrial city, Manchester and its surrounding towns have been in an almost constant state of change.
But what does that mean for the people who live and work here?
We've dug into the archives to pick out five of our favourite long reads examining the changing face of our region.
The Manchester streets that have vanished from the map
The pace of change in Manchester can be dizzying.
New buildings - and entire districts - are springing up all the time.
But the flipside of that development means over the years whole streets have disappeared from the map.
Here, Chris Osuh looks at some of the city centre and inner city streets which have been lost to the wreckers’ ball.
Life in the 'Tripe Colony' - Manchester's lost district
For much of the 20th Century Miles Platting's 'Tripe Colony' was one of the most sought-after places to live in working-class Manchester.
Named by the family which built it - tripe magnates the Pendleburys - the pristine rows of immaculate Accrington brick terraced homes were let only to the very best tenants.
But by 1994 the estate had been razed to the ground.
In this piece Helen Johnson looks at the rise and fall of the estate and what life was like there.
We grew up in Ancoats - this is what we think of how it's changed
From cradle of the Industrial Revolution to one of the coolest neighbourhoods on earth, Ancoats has seen its fair share of change over the years.
Where once stood workshops and mills, there are now trendy flats and restaurants.
But what's it like to have lived there all your life and witnessed the change first-hand?
Rebecca Day found out here.
A sorry end for the 'last shop standing'
When no one wanted to run a business in a tough part of Salford shopkeeper Mo Arshad was there.
But when Manchester's property boom spilled over the Irwell onto its neighbouring city he found himself being pushed out.
Neal Keeling's piece on the demise of the Shalimar corner shop is a fascinating insight into the winners and losers of the gentrification of our towns and cities.
Life on the council estate street with a motorway running down the middle
It's one of the more unusual estates around - and for years had a reputation as one of the toughest.
With the M66 running right down the middle the Dicky Bird in Bury is literally a place of two halves.
But as Damon Wilkinson found out residents there are finding ways to come together in spite of the huge barrier that divides them.
