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Nicholas Street, MANCHESTER, M1 4EJ

Warehouse by Alfred Waterhouse, 1872-75. Red brick, stone dressings like stripes and a roofline of gables and Elizabethan chimneys which provides a contrast, as Pevsner remarks, "to all the Italianate cornices hereabouts." Grade II listed. This is Chinatown so the ground floor is a Chinese restaurant.

The arch was constructed in China and installed on site in 1987 as a gift from Manchester City Council to the Chinese community. Manchester's Chinatown is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe

The magnificent Chinese Arch stands proudly over Faulkner Street, proclaiming the important place Chinatown has become and celebrating the large Chinese community in Manchester and the North West of England. The Arch, which has stood here since 1987, was gift to the city from the Chinese people and was the first true Imperial Chinese arch erected in Europe. Even more decorative than the one found in San Francisco, the arch is painted in red and gold and adorned with dragons and phoenixes, colours and symbols of luck and prosperity. This view is looking through the arch in the direction of Piccadilly. http://www.mmu.ac.uk/the-guide/places-of-interest/chinatown.php - Manchester Metropolitan University http://www.manchester.com/community/chinatown/history.php - Manchester.com History of Chinatown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester – Wikipedia article on Manchester’s Chinatown

On a typical Manchester day.

The magnificent Chinese Arch stands proudly over Faulkner Street, proclaiming the important place Chinatown has become and celebrating the large Chinese community in Manchester and the North West of England. The Arch, which has stood here since 1987, was gift to the city from the Chinese people and was the first true Imperial Chinese arch erected in Europe. Even more decorative than the one found in San Francisco, the arch is painted in red and gold and adorned with dragons and phoenixes, colours and symbols of luck and prosperity. See Image] for a wider view of the arch. http://www.mmu.ac.uk/the-guide/places-of-interest/chinatown.php - Manchester Metropolitan University http://www.manchester.com/community/chinatown/history.php - Manchester.com History of Chinatown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester – Wikipedia article on Manchester’s Chinatown

A side-on view of Image], taken from Nicholas Street, showing some of the carved detail at the top of the arch. The magnificent Chinese Arch stands proudly over Faulkner Street, proclaiming the important place Chinatown has become and celebrating the large Chinese community in Manchester and the North West of England. The Arch, which has stood here since 1987, was gift to the city from the Chinese people and was the first true Imperial Chinese arch erected in Europe. Even more decorative than the one found in San Francisco, the arch is painted in red and gold and adorned with dragons and phoenixes, colours and symbols of luck and prosperity. http://www.mmu.ac.uk/the-guide/places-of-interest/chinatown.php - Manchester Metropolitan University http://www.manchester.com/community/chinatown/history.php - Manchester.com History of Chinatown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester – Wikipedia article on Manchester’s Chinatown

Recently refurbished, and now looking even more impressive, the magnificent Chinese Arch stands proudly over Faulkner Street, proclaiming the important place Chinatown has become and celebrating the large Chinese community in Manchester and the North West of England. The Arch, which has stood here since 1987, was gift to the city from the Chinese people and was the first true Imperial Chinese arch erected in Europe. Even more decorative than the one found in San Francisco, the arch is painted in red and gold and adorned with dragons and phoenixes, colours and symbols of luck and prosperity. See Image] for a wider view of the arch. http://www.mmu.ac.uk/the-guide/places-of-interest/chinatown.php - Manchester Metropolitan University http://www.manchester.com/community/chinatown/history.php - Manchester.com History of Chinatown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester – Wikipedia article on Manchester’s Chinatown

Manchester's Chinatown on Faulkner Street is the second largest in Britain after London's Soho Chinatown. The Chinese British population, many of whom are immigrants from former British-ruled Hong Kong, has especially settled in the Greater Manchester area.