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Manchester Then and Now - a photographic guide to Manchester past and present (Hardcover)
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Manchester Then and Now - a photographic guide to Manchester past and present (Hardcover)
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Part of the bestselling 'Then and Now' series, Manchester Then and
Now visually charts the huge changes that have affected the city
from the 1860s. The building of the ship canal in the late
Victorian era turned Manchester into the UK's third biggest port.
The industrial boom of the 1930s and post-war bust followed by the
regeneration with the Commonwealth Games are all featured in a book
that includes some spectacular aerial comparisons. A wonderful
visual guide to Manchester, past and present. Some 70 historic
photographs of Manchester's past are paired with specially
commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point.
You can see the same streets and buildings as they were 'then' and
as they are 'now'. The book features the changes to the city
created by the massive IRA bomb of 1996, the demolition of some of
the 1960s architecture and its redevelopment, the conversion of old
mills to modern apartments and the renaissance of the Salford Quays
as sought-after residential areas. Some of the recent strong
setpiece buildings of Manchester are also included, such as the
futuristic Imperial War Museum North and the 169-m tall Beetham
Tower. And, of course, the evolution of the city's sports stadia is
charted with images of Old Trafford Main Road, the Belle Vue
stadium and Lancashire County Cricket's Old Trafford test area.
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