Looking up a busy Manchester street toward a Victorian church steeple silhouetted against dramatic clouds and a veiled sun, with a tall construction crane rising behind it, a railway viaduct across the mid-ground, and the Beetham Tower on the left.

Manchester Skyline — Church, Cranes, and Viaduct at Deansgate

25 September 2019 · Manchester

Three eras of Manchester occupy a single frame here. The Victorian church steeple holds the centre, silhouetted against a diffuse sun pressing through heavy cloud; a construction crane climbs past it on one side, the Beetham Tower anchors the left, and a railway viaduct locks the mid-ground together. The city has always been building over what it already built — here that fact is simply visible.

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