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Dale Street, MANCHESTER, M1 1BA

Fine brick and terracotta warehouse built for a milliner, c1905. A splayed corner adorned with segmental open pediments, cartouches at the top, and a small dome. Grade II listed. It is now flats, part of the city's drive to encourage people back to living in the centre.

At the junction with Dale Street. Above the modern shop is 1860s Gothic with a pronounced coved cornice. Grade II listed.

a collection of 19th century buildings, some of them listed, with very similar round top windiws on the upper floors, despite the different building period. see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246279?section=official-list-entry .

This is 3 Dale street, a grade II listed building. Only the exterior is unchanged - the basement has been converted into a car park, which is accessed by this car lift behind what used to be the warehouse doors. The rest of the building is apartments. See https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209576 for the listing.

The #ProtectPongo street art tour is a campaign by Meridian Foods in support of International Animal Rescue, raising awareness of the detrimental impact deforestation is having on the orangutan species and the small changes people can make in their daily lives to help. Colourful and poignant artworks were painted onto walls in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London by artist and environmentalist Louis Masai during September and October 2020 (https://leap.eco/2020/10/08/protect-pongo/ Leap). This one is on a shutter in Spear Street.

Shabby chic late-C19th shops with the odd flourish such as the scrolls and a shaped gable. This area of Manchester has undergone a renaissance in recent years, superficially at least. In the hackneyed argot of modern urban regeneration it has been christened the "Northern Quarter" (cf. 'Jewellery Quarter' in Birmingham, 'Baltic Triangle' in Liverpool, 'Holbeck Urban Village' in Leeds). Fashionable bars - of which Dry is perhaps the apotheosis - and restaurants have sprung up, and city-centre living has been fostered. As a student in Manchester in 1985-88 I must have been remarkably parochial as I scarcely recall venturing north of Piccadilly Gardens, but my impression was that, despite being only a stone's throw from the city centre proper, this area was somewhat desolate.

Dale Street in Manchester.

Detail over the corner of Image] confirms the building's original owners, "I J & G Cooper Limited".

Detail on the top floor of the Lever Street frontage to Image] confirms the building's original owners, "I J & G Cooper Limited".