Manchester Pedestrian Street Scene, City Centre

8 October 2019 · Manchester

Market Street in Manchester's city centre on a clear afternoon — pedestrians moving in both directions past Edwardian stone facades and the glass frontages of Burger King and Santander, with City Tower rising above the roofline to the left. The street pulls old and new into the same frame: ornate stonework pressed against curtain-wall glass blocks, both unremarkable on their own and inseparable in context. Overhead, the sky opens wide — pale blue, light cloud — giving the whole scene more air than a city street usually allows.