Group 34 CYAN+ (Posted 21 Apr 2026 15:01) – MSA LIVE 26

Talk from Tom Bloxton, founder of Cyanlines & Co-founder/chair of Urban Splash

Tom Bloxton, founder of CyanLines gave a talk to our students at MSA which one of our team-members attended. The talk gave us insight into the goals of CyanLines from the founder’s view, as well as the future of Manchester.
We discovered that most of CyanLines’ work focuses on restoring what is already there to uplift the city. His restorations are more zoomed into how the spaces made people feel and how to uplift the community, rather than on ‘quick fixes’. There is a drive to repurpose large buildings, factories and warehouses to make spaces for communities, e.g. a large space was rented for entrepreneurs to sell or use how they wish. Tom Bloxton tries to make spaces as interesting as possible to promote businesses, connect canals and turn around some areas in Manchester.
CyanLines was made to link what already exists in Manchester. More and more of the city is demolished for larger buildings, but why not connect what is already there?
Tom Bloxton sees a future where all of Manchester is connected, with a hundred miles of greenery.

Posted 21 Apr 2026 15:01

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