Tuesday 12-03-2019 - 13:36

The skyline and landscape of Manchester changes at an almost daily rate, and the architecture of MMU has followed suit. The campus is barely recognisable compared to how it looked 30 years ago, yet despite the change, some things seem to be frozen in time. 

All image credits go to: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections.

 

The Grosvenor building, photographed in the early 1890s.

 

The Grosvenor building in 1987

 

Grosvenor Square photographed 1970.

 

Righton building as a store in 1955.

 

Righton building in late 1960s. 

 

All Saints building under constructioin in 1973.

 

All Saints building from the air in the early 90s.

 

Manchester College of Art and Design in 1966.

 

Ceramnics workshop at Manchester College of Art and Design 1968.

 

New art school under construction in 2012.

 

Cellars of back-to-back houses on Cowcill street during excavations of the Salutation car park in 2013. This is now the site of The Union.

 

The former Bridgewater Theatre, that was also found during excavations of The Salutation car park in 2013. 

 

The Salutation pub photographed in 1972.

 

The Salutation pub in 2012.