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Old 11/05/08, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by aidanorourke View Post
The Granada Building is - to use that over-used word - iconic - for many reasons. It was the first modernist style building to be constructed in Manchester. It dates from the first half of the 1950s, when there were no other buildings like it around.
The office block with the sign on the roof was under construction in 1960:

Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council

The low building on the other side of Quay Street dates from earlier.
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