tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post8205289466346298822..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: ManchesterPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84225019061025208282023-08-16T09:59:31.876+01:002023-08-16T09:59:31.876+01:00nice!nice!Md Rasel Islamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878306014252656735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-30510287020975800162014-06-01T09:15:34.011+01:002014-06-01T09:15:34.011+01:00Hels: Yes, the building certainly suggests permane...Hels: Yes, the building certainly suggests permanence. One could read lots of other things into it though - a willingness to stand out, be different, and maybe just to look successful and prosperous.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-87996662203088874072014-06-01T06:33:12.378+01:002014-06-01T06:33:12.378+01:00It is a strange mixture of styles but I think it m...It is a strange mixture of styles but I think it manages to be a very successful piece of architecture because, as a whole, it 'works'. It certainly stands out in it's location!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-73499976471115312742014-06-01T05:35:19.670+01:002014-06-01T05:35:19.670+01:00The building was designed as the offices of a bank...The building was designed as the offices of a bank, and so I presume the bank wanted to show that it was above the daily grottiness of throwing widows out of their cottages and taking food-money away from families with small children. Gothic shafts, arches, iron balconies and stone parapets seem to suggest permanency and perhaps even morality. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com