What we take for granted in the city centre

Now I used to think that most of our fine late Victorian and Edwardian buildings had been lost, having succumbed to either Mr Hitler’s bombs are the grand plans of developers in the 1950s and 60s.

But not so as these two photographs by Andy Robertson show.

I could have done the research and gone into great detail about the design and materials but instead I shall just reflect on how fascinating both of these look.

And of course repeat that simple observation that all too often we just ignore these fine buildings, many of which are tucked away in bits of the city which were just regarded as the work day parts of Manchester.

Picture’s Hilton Street and Dale Street, 2015, from the collection of Andy Robertson