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Portland Street, MANCHESTER, M1 6DF

Another super example of Manchester's warehouses. A rich concoction of orangey-red brick with stone dressings, striped on the ground floor, carved panels, oriel windows and a lively roofline of hipped gables crowned with finials. By Pennington & Bridgen, 1887. Grade II listed. It is one of a sequence of particularly fine warehouses on this street. This one currently serves as housing, offices and bars.

A footballing celebration in Manchester with no red in sight? Shome mishtake, shurely? Well, no, for it was City's turn to celebrate with the traditional run round the city centre in a bus having secured, in perhaps the most thrilling denouement of any title race anywhere ever, the Premiership title the day before, their first title since 1968. A minute into injury time in their final game, not having lost all season at home, they were losing 2-1, at home, to relegation candidates QPR. A minute later they had drawn level and in the fifth minute of injury time they conjured up a winner, frustrating their only rivals, the red half of Manchester. The figure on the extreme right brandishing a camera is the manager Roberto Mancini.

Another deserted streets in the centre of Manchester.

View along the main A34 near Manchester city centre.

A footballing celebration in Manchester with no red in sight? Shome mishtake, shurely? Well, no, for it was City's turn to celebrate with the traditional run round the city centre in a bus (faintly visible in the distance; better view here Image]) having secured, in perhaps the most thrilling denouement of any title race anywhere ever, the Premiership title the day before, their first title since 1968. A minute into injury time in their final game, not having lost all season at home, they were losing 2-1, at home, to relegation candidates QPR. A minute later they had drawn level and in the fifth minute of injury time they conjured up a winner, frustrating their only rivals, the red half of Manchester.

The junction with Princess Street. Busy.

Last minute adjustments to the official clock at the junction of Portland St and Oxford St at the start of the Manchester 10k race.

A grand edifice of stone, with Continental Gothic motifs (Pevsner). The windows are paired on each floor, and gradually diminish in size as one ascends. Built to the designs of Victorian Manchester's premier firm of warehouse-architects, Clegg & Knowles, c1870. Grade II listed. It was built as the Pickles Building, and is now a hotel.

A sublime stone-faced warehouse, by Clegg & Knowles, 1880. The windows are treated slightly differently on each floor. Grade II listed. It is one of a sequence of particularly fine warehouses on this street, each occupying a whole block. At the time of the photo it was occupied by a hotel, Roomzzz. In fact, it styles itself as an "Aparthotel" so presumably it is both a hotel and apartments.