Aytoun St Job Centre, Manchester, Jul 08

Alley

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Built in 1951, now standing derelict for 13 years, this building is a rare sight in the city centre:
a quiet oasis of urban decay surrounded by brand new skyscrapers.
It's stripped, crumbling and atmospheric.
Visited with Bigjobs.
Aytoun Street Job Centre - Manchester

Built in 1951, now standing derelict for 13 years, this building is a rare sight in the city centre: a quiet oasis of urban decay surrounded by brand new skyscrapers.
It's stripped, crumbling and atmospheric.

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Wow that place looks huge. Love the pic out of the round window

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Nice one, Alley. Does Bigjobs only own one set of clothes?

TnM

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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A job centre? WTF? lol. nice work guys like the second floor pic.

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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great shots, I bet the building had a lot of style in its day. Good solid old structure.

Thanks for posting.

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Nice one,very atmospheric with all the peeling paint and old wooden signage etc.Especailly like the one through the round window.Any idea what they are going to do with it or dare I ask

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Cool building. I almost didn't look at this because, tbh, I've been in enough flipping job centres enough flipping times to last me a flipping lifetime! Huge place...really like it.

 

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• Jul 20, 2008

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Bloody hell, how big is this job centre? Not seen any of this size before. Absolutely love that first pic with those curved glass panels. They're gorgeous.

Excellent pics Alley,

Sal

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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I'm still sorting my shots out. What a day, what a place

And mendo, I have several pairs of the same clothes. What can I say, I like black

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Some nice pics there - glad to finally see inside!
Well done for getting in.

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Great stuff, certainly on my list for when I move up to Manchester (assuming its not demo'd before the end of the year).

Great bit of 1950s architecture and well photographed - I love the skylights

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Great pics! The place looks ace despite the decay/destruction! Really good to see this place!

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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dammit, i was gonna scope this place out! well done anyways, nice pics!

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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That looks a lot more interesting than I expected from the outside.

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Looks like a big place. Those glass roofs are very cool.

 

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• Jul 21, 2008

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Nice pics guys, especially the plaques.

I remember a very comedy entrance when we had a look at this place last year!

 

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• Jul 23, 2008

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cool place, i must admit when i saw the thread title, i thought that it was going to be as interesting as the bible but i was wrong.

 

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• Jul 26, 2008

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Right, pics sorted, internet fixed, then pc fixed, then internet fixed again, then pc fixed, running one out of 5 hdd's and wearing several plasters.

Here's my shots.

 

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• Jul 26, 2008

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Yours shots are excellent Bigjobs!

I believe the developer can't afford to complete this project, may be empty for a while yet.

More info here http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/index.asp?Sessionx=IpqiNwImNw7rKDc6IHqjNwB6IA

 

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• Jul 26, 2008

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Is this near Piccadilly station. Been trying to get into that one for years. Well not recently!