Manchester street corner under dramatic overcast sky. Victorian red brick building with arched windows on the left, glazed blue modern tower visible in the gap at centre, red brick corner property agency on the right, pedestrians and traffic on the street below.

Victorian Red Brick and Glass Tower, Manchester City Centre

25 September 2019 · Manchester

A Manchester street intersection holds two centuries in one frame. On the left, the ornate red brick facade of Instituto Cervantes — terracotta reliefs, arched windows, Victorian confidence in stone. In the gap between buildings, a glazed modern tower pushes back against the overcast sky, its blue-tinted curtain wall catching what light the clouds allow. The city keeps building forward without resolving the conversation with what came before — that tension is the whole photograph.

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