Landscapes change.
And I have no doubt, that as those late Victorian and Edwardian office blocks rose above the streets, there were some who mourned the passing of the elegant 18th century town houses or the wibbly wobbly Medieval and Tudor buildings that preceded the new developments.
Uppermost in their criticisms may well have been the way that the new build was taller, brasher and out of keeping with what had gone before.
So, nothing new then.
But having offered up that caveat to balanced comments, I have to say that the new towers that are springing up are something different, altering forever the skyline and introducing into the city a type of architecture which has no regard for where human beings fit into the picture.
The present ones soon to be completed are so tall that they are monstrously ugly and contradict the idea that buildings should be in harmony with their surrounding and not make us feel insignificant.
But that is what we have, …….. towers that can be seen miles away, glimpsed through gaps in suburban houses from Chorlton, to Burnage, like some latter-day mountain range.
Now, I fully appreciate that the forest of cranes, and the ever-increasing number of developments are an indication that the City is doing well, but I don’t like them.
Location; Manchester
Picture; “A clutter of towers”, 2019, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Uppermost in their criticisms may well have been the way that the new build was taller, brasher and out of keeping with what had gone before.
So, nothing new then.
But having offered up that caveat to balanced comments, I have to say that the new towers that are springing up are something different, altering forever the skyline and introducing into the city a type of architecture which has no regard for where human beings fit into the picture.
The present ones soon to be completed are so tall that they are monstrously ugly and contradict the idea that buildings should be in harmony with their surrounding and not make us feel insignificant.
But that is what we have, …….. towers that can be seen miles away, glimpsed through gaps in suburban houses from Chorlton, to Burnage, like some latter-day mountain range.
Now, I fully appreciate that the forest of cranes, and the ever-increasing number of developments are an indication that the City is doing well, but I don’t like them.
Location; Manchester
Picture; “A clutter of towers”, 2019, from the collection of Andy Robertson
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