_hexagon tower, crumpsall

New Flickr set added of Hexagon Tower, Crumpsall, Manchester. Built as the research laboratories for ICI and designed by Richard Seifert & Partners, 1971.

Wonderfully sculptural with lots of deep shadows and the micro-mosaic exterior faces glistening from the saturday morning sun.

_clock tower, manchester town hall

Alfred Waterhouse, 1868-1877.
View from King Street looking down Essex Street

_corporation street bridge, manchester

hodder + partners with arup, 1999. recently reopened following refurbishment

_heritage open days - the portico library

Sign above Charlotte Street entrance



view from the corner of moseley street and charlotte street



border on the inside of the entrance staircase

The 11th of September saw the Portico Library open to the general public as part of English Heritage's Heritage Open Days events so I thought I would meander across town to see inside this hidden gem of Manchester's built history.