Buildings

Manchester: Heaven knows it’s miserable now

By and Owen Hatherley Owen Hatherley Owen Hatherley2009-06-05T00:00:00

Alsop’s Chips is nearly complete.

Source: Joel Anderson

Manchester is hailed as a flagship for successful regeneration but along the way it has lost all appetite for civic architecture

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