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Contact Theatre
Oxford Road.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 13 Jul 2010
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Ellen Wilkinson Building and Contact Theatre, Devas Street, Manchester
EW on the left is part of what was the University of Manchester's Humanities Building. Built 1961-67 by the Building Design Partnership, of white and brown bush-hammered concrete. Short & Associates are responsible for the startling theatre, 1997-99. The bizarre chimneys, those on the left clad in zinc, are part of the ventilation system.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 25 Jul 2011
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Ellen Wilkinson Building, Brisbane Street, Manchester
H-shaped, in bush-hammered brown concrete. The windows are set back behind a projecting frame. By Building Design Partnership, 1961-67. The abstract relief on the end wall is by William Mitchell.
Named after the Mancunian Minister of Education in Attlee's Government, the building is home to a number of the University of Manchester's humanities disciplines including education, occupational health and speech pathology.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 15 May 2012
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Samuel Alexander Building, Lime Grove, Manchester
A University of Manchester humanities or arts building I think. By Cruickshank & Seward, c1970, in their trademark white concrete, and graced by an excellent "Corbusian" staircase.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 25 Jul 2011
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Development of Bus-Priority Scheme on Oxford Road
The redevelopment of one of Manchester’s busiest roads is designed to transform it into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard giving priority to buses, taxis, emergency vehicles and bicycles (http://www.tfgm.com/buspriority/Pages/website/routes-oxford-road.html Transport for Greater Manchester).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 20 Aug 2016
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Manchester, Oxford Road
Looking along Oxford Road towards the city centre. The tower of
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Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 23 Apr 2014
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Shops on Oxford Street, Manchester
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 3 Sep 2011
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Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester
The University of Manchester's Medical School, built 1969-72 to the designs of Harry S. Fairhurst & Son.
The stunted tower beyond belongs to this:
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Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 15 May 2012
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Dilworth Street
Leading towards Oxford Road.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 22 Sep 2018
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Gemini Takeaway
On the gable end of the takeaway on Oxford Road is the poem Rain
Image by Lemn Sissay http://www.lemnsissaylandmarks.com/?p=117 This was the first of his "Landmark" poems and was painted in the early 1990s.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 11 Apr 2019
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