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Spring Gardens, MANCHESTER, M2 1BB

The Post Office on Spring Gardens was once a huge Victorian building http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/gone/generalpostoffice.html That building was demolished in the 1960s and a new building at 26 Spring Gardens was designed by Cruickshank and Seward and built in 1969. It was composed of a three-storey podium block with an 8-storey tower above. Its major tenant was the Post Office. In 2005 a £70 million refurbishment began that was completed in 2006. The building was then renamed The Zenith Building Image http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour5/area5page54.html

Built as a post office, a function the ground floor still fulfils. Underneath this recently-remodelled exterior is a slab-and-podium block by Cruickshank & Seward, 1969. Now offices, re-named the Zenith Building.

With a tinge of Scottish Baronial perhaps, not that Portland stone was the usual material of choice in Scotland. Two great round machicolated towers with conical roofs, linked by a mighty arcade. By Wolstenholme & Thornely, 1908-10. Grade II listed. Built for the Palatine Bank. I'm not sure what's here now, but probably offices.

St James Court on Brown Street in the centre of Manchester. Currently under redevelopment by Boultbee Brooks Real Estate.

The grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271383 on the corner of Norfolk Street and Sussex Street was built in 1907 by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope as the Northern Stock Exchange. It closed in 2000 and was converted into a restaurant. It was bought by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs who plan to convert it into a boutique hotel. In the winter of 2015/16 the building was occupied by squatters who received the blessing of the owner. Renovation work is continuing.

On the corner of Norfolk Street and Sussex Street is the grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271383 which was built in 1907 by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope as the Northern Stock Exchange. It closed in 2000 and was converted into a restaurant Image It was later bought by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs who plan to convert it into a boutique hotel. In the winter of 2015/16 the building was occupied by squatters who received the blessing of the owner. Renovation work is now continuing and the bottom end of Norfolk Street is blocked off.

The bottom end of Norfolk Street is closed due to construction work on the former Stock Exchange building Image

Former National Westminster Bank, Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-458626-former-national-westminster-bank-on-corn

A mixture of old and new in the centre of Manchester just a stride away from the busy shopping streets. Housed in the original Edwardian building that was once the Manchester Stock Exchange are an Italian restaurant and Hammicks Legal bookshop.