Ice Plant Building, Blossom Street, Manchester
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Ice Plant Building, Blossom Street, Manchester
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 24 Jul 2011
Handsome former warehouse, now just a facade, built for storing food. The surplus ice nurtured a flourishing ice cream industry in the late C19th. Built c1860. It is being redeveloped and converted to commercial use with flats above - see the slightly unfortunate protrusion. This is one element of the regeneration of East Manchester, centred around Ancoats, which faces some interesting challenges.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.484436
Longitude
-2.229472