Manchester Street Scene — Beetham Tower and Construction Cranes

25 September 2019 · Manchester

Deansgate-area street level, looking toward the railway viaduct and the cluster of construction cranes rising behind it. Beetham Tower anchors the left skyline; the sun burns through breaking cloud just enough to backlight everything — brick buildings, cranes, the viaduct arch — and push it all into silhouette. Manchester has always built against itself this way: Victorian railway infrastructure and a 47-storey glass tower sharing the same frame, with new cranes already filling in the gaps.