A mere 250 yards from piccadilly station and a stones throw from London Road Fire Station it’s smack bang in the hustle and bustle of city centre living. It contain eight theatres, a many seminar rooms and 1200 square metres of space.

After entering the lifts, we had to select the floor by letter. Apparently the students of the university of manchester are far too intelligent to use numbers like a peasant.

Observing tremeandous views of the city.

Constructed between 1972 & 1979 and then partially demolished when a bomb set off by the IRA caused havoc around the city centre in 1996 causing redevelopment to be taken underway. The Manchester Arndale is a building of great engineering an architectural interest. It is a shame that none of this industrial beauty can be viewed from the ground.

The roof is a sprawling area covered in PIR sensors it’s difficult to navigate but would be a haven for freerunners. It provides splendid views of the cathedral, the wheel and many other well known manchester landmarks.

Further Reading:

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Built as the “Refuge Assurance building” between the years 1891 – 1895 by Alfred Waterhouse from glazed terracotta and redbrick building it was one enormous open business hall.

In 1910 – 1912 it was extended with a 217ft tower along oxford road by Paul Waterhouse, son of Alfred Waterhouse.

Further extensions were added to Whitworth Street in 1932 by Stanley Birkett

Finally it was converted into the Palace hotal in 1996 and is a grand Grade II listed building and at well over £100 per night to stay there it attracts the worlds elite.

Fast forward to 2008 and boy does that roof look like it needs to be cracked! Being up there is being in a different world, it has the feelings of a New York rooftop.

Further Reading:

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Wikipedia.org

Built in 1972 the Ramada Renaissance Hotel it stands 15 floors and 184 feet in height the views from the top are absolutely spectacular of piccadilly gardens and the surrounding area.