farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Truly vile.
Mundane pictures of the North
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farmerbarleymow
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The arches underneath the street in front of the Cathedral, using as air raid shelters during WWII. There are still various fixtures and fittings down there, including toilets and the like.
Pigeon hotel.
Pigeon hotel.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Random effluent pipe into the river.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
The new roof at Victoria is looking good, and much better than the knackered old one that was falling apart.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
There is a strange campaign going to save the lazy S building from demolition, even though it is horrible.
You know what? I really, really like that building. No idea why, but I do.No matter how often I see this, I hate it every time. Ugly, ugly, ugly.
It was pretty much the first building I saw when I arrived in Manchester to pick up keys to our new flat, and was the first place I recognised as we were finding our way around our new home so maybe it just makes me feel grounded or something.
Your pics are making me sad about moving back to Edinburgh though
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not-bono-ever
meh
I've always liked this building, but there are some interesting symbols on it when you look more closely - a ship and the bees. Don't know what the history of the building is though - something to do with trading presumably.
ETA - I've just noticed it has swastikas on it! I'll have to try and find out the background to it.
https://greatacre.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/st-georges-house-manchester/
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
You know what? I really, really like that building. No idea why, but I do.
It was pretty much the first building I saw when I arrived in Manchester to pick up keys to our new flat, and was the first place I recognised as we were finding our way around our new home so maybe it just makes me feel grounded or something.
Your pics are making me sad about moving back to Edinburgh though
It looks more presentable on a nice sunny day like the other day, but bloody awful when it is overcast and dull. It'd be good to get to the top floor of the tower to see the view though.
Good luck with your move to Edinburgh - I'm sure there are plenty of ugly buildings there too.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Thanks. No mention of swastikas though, although I know they were a common enough design back before 1930s, which would make sense given when this building was constructed.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Always nice to see this dry cleaners defiantly refusing to modernise it's signage.
it's not that old - it's got 0161 not 061 - and a web address
there's a blog on the web dedicated to london shop fronts still showing '01' (which went out some time in the late 80s)
Good luck with your move to Edinburgh - I'm sure there are plenty of ugly buildings there too.
Been back here for about eighteen months. Definitely no shortage of ugly buildings here, no - and for city with world heritage status, they seem awfully keen to build more
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I think the sign used to be a green sort of colour - probably in the 061 days. They may have changed the phone number but the styling wouldn't look out of place in the 1960s.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
There is a strange campaign going to save the lazy S building from demolition, even though it is horrible.
If they're actually gonna make Piccadilly station work properly then they're more than welcome to get rid of that thing. It looks a lot nicer in those pictures than it does in real life tbf. You can't really see the curving shape from street level, just a big looming wall of horridness.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
A wonderful little tour of Manchester though farmerbarleymow, you've picked out some of my favourite spots there. Almost made me nostalgic for the old shithole.
farmerbarleymow
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I agree - it's an awful building and has clearly had its day. The city council has published a master plan for the whole are around the station which involves it's demolition to make way for an extension for HS2 (if that ever actually happens) - and it looks pretty good.
You can find the master plan by searching for 'manchester piccadilly master plan' and it is on the city council website - can't find a direct link at the moment, but its a big pdf document.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That's an amazing building!Truly vile.
What are those student halls in Manchester that look like a breakfast? Or did I just dream it?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I think you have confused 'amazing' with 'absolutely fucking vile'.
Rather than tarting it up as a hotel, they should have razed it to the ground - not least because it's very near the cathedral.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I really like it. I think those windows are quite pretty in a Brutalist kind of wayI think you have confused 'amazing' with 'absolutely fucking vile'.
Rather than tarting it up as a hotel, they should have razed it to the ground - not least because it's very near the cathedral.
longdog
What is it you can't face?
I think you have confused 'amazing' with 'absolutely fucking vile'.
Rather than tarting it up as a hotel, they should have razed it to the ground - not least because it's very near the cathedral.
Look... If you don't like it just say so... Stop pussy-footing about
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Pretty isn't the word that comes to mind...
There is a strange campaign going to save the lazy S building from demolition, even though it is horrible.
I like that.
Brilliant photos, farmerbarleymow. Making me think I ought to get over to Manchester some time soon: it's been ages since I last visited.
A few from this week:
Broken down bus, near the university on Cranbrook Avenue. Most of the houses at this end of the street are student accommodation.
New Italian ice-cream bar that's opened on Newland Avenue. I'm looking forward to trying this place.
From the front steps of the station hotel, where I met a friend last night. House of Fraser's new owners have just spent a lot of money on the Hull central store - which is a relief as I wondered for a while if it might be for the chop, not being in the most affluent of cities. Shame they didn't see fit to do anything about the tatty exterior, especially as it's the first thing visitors see when they come out of the station. Ferensway will never be the prettiest street in the country, but it'd help if some of the buildings were spruced up a bit.
From the same place, looking south towards the junction with Anlaby Road.
Broken down bus, near the university on Cranbrook Avenue. Most of the houses at this end of the street are student accommodation.
New Italian ice-cream bar that's opened on Newland Avenue. I'm looking forward to trying this place.
From the front steps of the station hotel, where I met a friend last night. House of Fraser's new owners have just spent a lot of money on the Hull central store - which is a relief as I wondered for a while if it might be for the chop, not being in the most affluent of cities. Shame they didn't see fit to do anything about the tatty exterior, especially as it's the first thing visitors see when they come out of the station. Ferensway will never be the prettiest street in the country, but it'd help if some of the buildings were spruced up a bit.
From the same place, looking south towards the junction with Anlaby Road.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Newcastle Quayside
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Bank of Baroda Manchester.
I've always wondered why that bank is still there - it's not exactly a high street name, and where the hell is Baroda anyway!
I'm guessing that someone called Nick isn't very popular; almost as unpopular as the police. In a dusty window on Ferensway one morning this week.
Still one of my favourite statues, in a city said to be in love with statues. Charles Wilson, shipowner, MP, Liberal, scab and general all-round bigwig. Looked better the time he had a traffic cone on his head.
Mill Street and Cross Street. Beat that for sheer mundanity!
Very apt comment in the window of a Princes Avenue bar last night. I did not, of course, write it.
Murky morning behind St Stephens.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Beetham tower and railway arches and back of GMEX, from Whitworth Street West. Plus luminous traffic light from the flash.
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