The Greater Manchester Photo Thread - Page 5

sloyne · January 26th, 2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Comdot

wow. it looked a fair bit different then, think the inmates burnt the place down in 1990ish and most of it was rebuilt and renamed HMP prison manchester instead of strangeways prison.

Thanks Comdot.

Comdot · January 27th, 2008, 04:45 AM

just something from spring 07 that i recently learned to stitch together thanks to gothic

Comdot · January 28th, 2008, 11:23 PM

Bulldozer · January 29th, 2008, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SteKnight

Hudson Buildings, Great Ancoats Street:
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Thats an interesting building, any in fo on it, looks renovated and a new roof extension.
Big windows, was it a furniture sales shop ?

Comdot · January 29th, 2008, 10:13 PM

arpartments. not amazing ones but pretty good. went for a viewing there, i'm fairly sure it was that one anyway, "hudson buildings". was offered £650 for a two bed with no parking. would have been more but the carpets were dirty in that one and some furniture damage. the livingrooms are nice with big windows, if small on floorspace. i expect some apartments are bigger and more expensive. there may be a rooftop, though it may be for a top floor penthouse or something.

Bulldozer · January 30th, 2008, 01:37 AM

Cheers
Any history on its original use ?

Comdot · January 30th, 2008, 01:57 AM

no idea sorry.
i presume the windows would have been much smaller, i expect wall was removed to allow for these new ones. looks good what they've done with it.

chasedwar · February 2nd, 2008, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bulldozer

Thats an interesting building, any in fo on it, looks renovated and a new roof extension.
Big windows, was it a furniture sales shop ?

The ancoats urban village company (now part of new east manchester)
have a interactive 3d virtual model of the whole site.
Complete with details of most buildings.

www.auvc.co.uk

here is a screen shot

The whole block is great, with all its quirky buildings.
My personal favourite has to be the Derros Building next door. One of the best refurb jobs in the city imo. (corner blding with B&W detailing on roof)

Hudsons Building
1924 – 4 storey three bay, with vertical columns and ornamented pediment – Yellow faience with large cracks. Refurbished to provide ground floor commercial with residential above.

53 Ancoats Street
1865 – Ornate brick façade to Great Ancoats Street and Blossom Street. Paired windows three bays to Ancoats Street and Blossom Street. Originally a Japanning works. Has been a blind making works and offices of the Amalgamated Association of Cotton Spinners. Premises now vacant.

Derros Building
1899 – 4 storey red industrial brick with top floor in Cheshire black and white, end gable and bow window to Ancoats Street and strong yellow banding. Chamfered corner entrance. Built as a Methodist women’s night shelter and coffee tavern. Also 1899 – 1903 was a maternity hospital. Later used as a club by Express Printers.Recently refurbished to create ground floor commercial and residential above.

Doctors Building
1888 - Three storey attractive red brick Art Noveau type building. 2 pairs of tall thin windows on the second floor, generous bow window on the first floor, 4 openings ground floor (boarded up). 1888 occupied by a druggist and by 1911 by Walk Williams – a surgeon. 1930s a lodging house and subsequently as a dwelling house. Since 1987 residential in connection with Ben’s Ice Creams.

Great Ancoats Street Sub Station
1927 – Three pairs of round headed windows on 1st floor, brick panels and entrance on ground floor. Built to convert high voltage current to low voltage for the tram network.Planning consent granted for mixed use conversion, commercial and residential.

angelpcm · February 3rd, 2008, 05:27 AM

what can i say.. manchester is just wonderfull, probably the one i like the most

and besides, those pictures are amzing

i would love to have cities like these in my country

regrets from chile

(please visit this thread, it is the place where i live, pure nature beauty on the southern islands http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=455880)

GShutty · February 3rd, 2008, 06:38 PM

Thanks for the compliments Angelpcm- I for one would love to visit Chile, it looks an amazing country! Exciting times for Manchester- keep checking in on us!

Comdot · February 5th, 2008, 07:29 AM

piccadilly railway station

Comdot · February 5th, 2008, 07:38 AM

Comdot · February 5th, 2008, 09:34 AM

from the other day
http://www.nickgrayson.net/Gallery/M..._etc/index.htm

heinzbeanz · February 5th, 2008, 09:51 AM

Just wandered where that house is located. The one with the white doors next to the canal

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***b4mmy*** · February 5th, 2008, 10:03 AM

***b4mmy*** · February 5th, 2008, 10:07 AM

macc · February 5th, 2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by b4mmy

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Good angle, B4mster.

Plus the cornerhouse, Palace and a Magic Bus; you can't get much more 'Oxford Road'.

That round bilboard thing needs air brushing out of the streetscape with a digger and a steamroller though.

kids · February 5th, 2008, 10:38 AM

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The wide lens makes this one look medieval!

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Just wandered where that house is located. The one with the white doors next to the canal.

EDIT, White doors i see. That's just on the edge of New Islington. Right by the new ISIS development and the Ashton canal (?)

Not sure of any road names.

Nice pics all!

kids · February 5th, 2008, 10:43 AM

Just looked. It's on the end of Vesta Steet.

heinzbeanz · February 5th, 2008, 10:56 AM

Ta

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February 5th, 2008, 10:43 AM	#99
kids Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,731 Likes (Received): 65	Just looked. It's on the end of Vesta Steet. __________________ “the city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind... memory is redundant: it repeats itself so that the city can begin to exist.”.

January 27th, 2008, 04:45 AM	#82
Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	just something from spring 07 that i recently learned to stitch together thanks to gothic

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January 29th, 2008, 10:13 PM	#85
Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	arpartments. not amazing ones but pretty good. went for a viewing there, i'm fairly sure it was that one anyway, "hudson buildings". was offered £650 for a two bed with no parking. would have been more but the carpets were dirty in that one and some furniture damage. the livingrooms are nice with big windows, if small on floorspace. i expect some apartments are bigger and more expensive. there may be a rooftop, though it may be for a top floor penthouse or something.

January 30th, 2008, 01:57 AM	#87
Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	no idea sorry. i presume the windows would have been much smaller, i expect wall was removed to allow for these new ones. looks good what they've done with it.

February 3rd, 2008, 05:27 AM	#89
angelpcm Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Castro Posts: 49 Likes (Received): 0	what can i say.. manchester is just wonderfull, probably the one i like the most and besides, those pictures are amzing i would love to have cities like these in my country regrets from chile (please visit this thread, it is the place where i live, pure nature beauty on the southern islands http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=455880)

February 5th, 2008, 07:29 AM	#91
Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	piccadilly railway station

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Comdot Taikun Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 10,199 Likes (Received): 0	from the other day http://www.nickgrayson.net/Gallery/M..._etc/index.htm

February 5th, 2008, 09:51 AM	#94
heinzbeanz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 73 Likes (Received): 0	Just wandered where that house is located. The one with the white doors next to the canal.

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