Canal Street
Introduction
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Canal Street
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Feb 2017
The building on the left was built in 1882 for M Nairn & Co, carpet and linoleum manufacturers, as their offices and textile warehouse. The company had started their business in Kirkcady in the 1870s. By the 1880s they had warehouses in London, Glasgow and Paris as well as Manchester and Kirkcaldy. It was bought for an undisclosed sum in 2015 http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/kiki-nightclub-building-manchesters-gay-10220255 by Urban Splash. It is home to the Kiki nightclub. The nightclub had previously been called "Bar Queer" and was run by former Take That manager Nigel Martin Smith The LGBT Foundation, formerly known as The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF), is also based within the 19,000 sq ft building which is fully let.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477683
Longitude
-2.235914