Street-level view up Oxford Road, Manchester, with the Victorian brick clock tower of the Principal Hotel centred in the frame against a dramatic overcast sky with the sun breaking through. Palace Theatre marquee visible left, construction cranes rising behind the tower, pedestrians on wet pavement.

Principal Hotel Clock Tower, Manchester City Centre

30 September 2019 · Manchester

Oxford Road frames the Principal Hotel's Victorian-Gothic clock tower against a sky where the sun is forcing itself through overcast cloud. On the left, the Palace Theatre marquee anchors a century of entertainment history; above the roofline, construction cranes mark the next layer of the city going up. Manchester has always built over itself — the old brick and the new steel sharing the same sky, pedestrians threading between both without looking up.

Browse Series