Manchester City wide panorama, Lancashire,England, daytime

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
H3TPH9File size:
160.8 MB (7.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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14561 x 3859 px | 123.3 x 32.7 cm | 48.5 x 12.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 October 2016Location:
Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UKMore information:
. Made at Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Manchester City wide panorama, Lancashire, England, daytime. The image also relates to before-and-after reference, cityscape history, conservation interest, historic streetscape, local character, period building, architectural character, local history, changing streetscape, built heritage, contemporary social history, urban fabric, community identity, and conservation architecture. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy retrofit, tourism and the continuing question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. Future viewers can use this scene from Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes regional identity, place identity, heritage landmark, public realm, historical comparison, historic townscape, adaptive reuse, and archival record. Details involving panorama, Lancashire, daytime, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to energy retrofit and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility as part of the longer story of Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of maintenance and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism when considered against later change at Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.