Cigarette butts, in a city street, Manchester, Lancs,England, UK

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
MNFTCTFile size:
47.3 MB (2.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5184 x 3192 px | 43.9 x 27 cm | 17.3 x 10.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 May 2018Location:
Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UKMore information:
. Recorded at Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UK in 2018, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Cigarette butts, in a city street, Manchester, Lancs, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects local character, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, changing land use, conservation architecture, documentary photography, conservation interest, everyday life, visual archive, community identity, place identity, urban fabric, social history, and adaptive reuse. The modern context includes continuing discussion of maintenance, planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include architectural character, regional identity, heritage asset, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, historic streetscape, heritage landmark, and period building. References to Lancs, Manchester, butts, and Cigarette give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is maintenance and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UK. The setting also helps illustrate redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character as part of the longer story of Byrom House, 21 Quay St, Manchester M3 3JD, UK.