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Draught Bovril & topless barmaids: Manchester pubs in 1975

Jonathan Schofield doesn't want to go back to the 70s

2020 10 29 Lost Rx 1

Demolished or destroyed - Twelve Lost Buildings of Manchester

Part One: Some of the amazing structures that used to stand in the city

2020 04 15 Archi 1 Cupola Rm 3

The story of Manchester architecture: Part one

Jonathan Schofield starts the epic tale of Manchester architecture

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The Good, the Standard, the Ugly: Albert Bridge House

Jonathan Schofield sings a lament for a doomed symbol of its age

Property Network Rail Headquarters

Property: Salford's train challenge, Old Trafford revamps, MCR's ugliest building

Jonathan Schofield takes a wry look at some stories in the property world

Falconer Chester Hall Dale Street 3

Manchester's most polite new building: 25-27 Dale Street

Jonathan Schofield on a Northern Quarter building that might be a blueprint for development

Mecd And The Kaaba

The North's biggest uni building houses a 'lightning machine'

Jonathan Schofield's jaw drops as he walks around the MECD building at the University of...

Symbols Of The City On The Former Free Trade Hall Manchester

Symbolically Manchester: more than just the bee

Jonathan Schofield finds the meaning behind some of the motifs on and in Manchester buildings

Peel Building University Of Salford

University of Salford decides Peel and Newton names will remain

Jonathan Schofield on the real problem and the big majority for keeping the names

Oriel Windows In Manchester Archtiectural Delights 4

Oriel windows: Manchester architectural details examined

Jonathan Schofield starts an occasional series on beautiful details on Manchester buildings

2020 01 31 Prop Roundup Swan Street Site

Have your say on new plans for Swan Street development

CAPITAL&CENTRIC and Kamani launch community consultation

2020 11 27 Property Roundup St Michaels

Property: please may we have £798m plus Band on the Wall and Buttress Architects

Big ideas for the city, Piccolino and Iceland and a beautiful hall made beautiful again

2020 11 26 Len Grant 9  Afterthebomb

Regeneration Manchester: Len Grant and a city in transition

How a local photographer captured the city's growing pains in words and images

2019 06 24 Hanover Building Exterior

Property: Deloitte, Amazon, Pineapples, Pomona and another new hotel

It's a 'funky, veggie forward' hotel because it says so plus 'bungalow' helps bring award

2020 11 13 Prop Roundup Weir Mill Water Front

Property: Cristiano Ronaldo returns, a fine Stockport scheme and aliens on the coast

Towers, footballers, cheese and mad Swiss authors: Property is a funny old game

2020 11 06 Property Roundup Castle Irwell

Property: Racecourse homes on track, walls and student towers

Also, blossoming buildings and Hotspur House change of use sparks debate

Eastgate Elegant Landscaping

Schemes that could have changed Manchester: 1000ft Communications Tower and a Sex Olympia

Jonathan Schofield on curiosities that never happened in Manchester

2020 10 30 North Parade 3

One North Parade: a tower too far?

Jonathan Schofield on whether the excuse of a building being 'uneconomic' is wearing thin