Beetham Tower at Sunset, Manchester City Centre

8 October 2019 · Manchester

Beetham Tower rises above the Charter Foyer forecourt as the sun breaks behind it, throwing a warm flare across the cobblestones below. The geometry of the tower — tall, narrow, insistent — does the heavy lifting; the Victorian brick and low rooflines around it do the rest. Manchester keeps its eras in close proximity, and this corner of the city centre makes no effort to disguise it. The cobbled forecourt pulls the eye straight to the base of the tower, the sky holds the light long enough to make it count.