National Football Museum, Manchester

Manchester is home to Britain's National Football Museum.
 
The Museum is located in the Urbis building on Cathedral Gardens in Manchester City Centre, and is the futuristic glass fronted building in the centre of this photo.

On the right is the Printworks, a popular leisure and entertainment complex.   

Chinese Arch, Faulkner Street, Chinatown, Manchester

Manchester's Chinatown is home to an impressive Ming Dynasty Imperial Chinese Arch which is located in Faulkner Street in Chinatown in Manchester City Centre. Manchester's Chinatown is the second largest in the UK, the largest being in London.

The arch was built in 1987 using materials imported from China. It is a 15 meters high structure and is decorated in red, gold and green with traditional chinese characters and artwork. When it was built it was the largest arch in the country. Although Liverpool's Chinese Arch, built in 2000, is larger.

The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester

The John Rylands Library was built in 1900. It is located on Deansgate, Manchester.

It was designed in the late Victorian neo-Gothic style by architect Basil Champneys.

The library became part of The University of Manchester in 1972.

The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester

Albert Bridge, Manchester

For my first post I would like to share this photograph of Manchester's Albert Bridge built by Jesse Hartley, in 1844. It was taken in February 2013.

The photograph was taken from the footbridge connecting the Spinningfields area with the Salford side of the River Irwell, looking 'into' Manchester City Centre.

Beyond the Albert Bridge you can just see the upper part of Trinity Bridge which was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrva. It is a footbridge and was completed in 1995.

Albert Bridge. Manchester