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On the corner of Spear Street and Warwick Street Image] is this incredible stencil of a French elderly couple. The piece was created by artist C215 http://www.streetartbio.com/c215 as part of the Cities of Hope street art convention.

This building site on Oldham Street was originally home to the Dobbins fancy drapery shop. http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1930/dobbies.html The art-deco United Building Image in its latter years was home to "Mr Ryan's World Famous 2nd Hand Shop". It was demolished after a fire in 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22121085 Despite a local campaign to turn the site into a pocket park http://parkstarter.com/ it was allowed to become a temporary car park Image Now Kempton Homes are constructing two mixed used buildings providing 100 apartments with basement parking for 100 cycles and ground floor commercial units. https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/76-82-oldham-street-northern-quarter-8-5-fl-u-c.1947139/ On the left is 22 Bees for Manchester Image Completed in June 2017 on the side of the Koffee Pot cafe it is a memorial to those who died in the Arena bombing. On the right is a mural by Dale Grimshaw http://www.dalegrimshaw.com/ Dale took part in the Cities of Hope event as a special guest. Here he realised one of his iconic, tribal portraits, which is dedicated to those fighting for independence in West Papua Image Once the building work is completed no doubt the murals will no longer be visible. This photograph was only possible by peering through a gap in the fencing/scaffolding surrounding the site.

Development alongside Oldham Street.

Several of the pieces of street art in this area of the Northern Quarter were completed as part of the Cities of Hope street art convention. These include C215's http://www.streetartbio.com/c215 stencil of a French couple on Warwick Street Image and one of Dale Grimshaw's http://www.dalegrimshaw.com/ tribal portraits dedicated to those fighting for independence in West Papua Image

On the back of building on Spear Street Image] is a mural by Dale Grimshaw http://www.dalegrimshaw.com/ Dale took part in the Cities of Hope event as a special guest. Here he realised one of his iconic, tribal portraits, which is dedicated to those fighting for independence in West Papua.

Graffiti being applied on Spear Street.

New development alongside Spear Street.

A new mural is being painted on the gable end of the Koffee Pot on Oldham Street. It is a work in progress. When completed it will feature 22 bees representing the 22 people who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.

This newly created mural on Oldham Street consists of 22 bees and a heart around Manchester. The bee is a symbol of Manchester and 22 is the number of people who were killed at a concert in the city on 22nd May 2017. Work started on the mural on 3rd June Image and it was completed the following day.

This building site on Oldham Street, which in recent years has been used as a car park Image, is being developed by Kempton Homes who are constructing two mixed used buildings (https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/76-82-oldham-street-northern-quarter-8-5-fl-u-c.1947139/ Skyscraper City). Previously, the site was home to the art-deco United Building Image which originally housed Dobbins fancy drapery shop (http://manchesterhistory.net/architecture/1930/dobbies.html Manchester History Net) and in its later years became "Mr Ryan's World Famous 2nd Hand Shop". It was demolished after a fire in 2013 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-22121085 BBC News) and became a temporary car park. This view is from Warwick Street; for an alternative view, from Oldham Street, see Peter McDermott’s photo Image For a closer look at, and more information about, the bee mural (which will soon be obscured by the new building) see Image