Each person knows that last leg of their journey home.
For me it’s a met ride. That stretch from Piccadilly to Cornbrook; a stop motion in Manchester’s rapid development.
Dubbed ‘Manctopia’ in a recent BBC documentary, clusters of skyscrapers dwarf the once isolated Beetham Tower in the city’s skyline.
With curtain walls of glass now sprouting from Manchester’s red brick roots, I set out to investigate how the city is preserving the ‘Manc’ in ‘Manctopia’.
Nia Thomas is currently Art Director for Salt and is a freelance graphic designer. A History of Art graduate, they are interested in the intersection of art, architecture and politics. Follow Nia on Twitter @nia1_ or Instagram @nia__thomas.
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