The Mancunian Way: Shudehill Shard
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Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello, Rising up like an enormous glacier among a sea of Victorian buildings, the Northern Quarter’s new skyscraper is raising some eyebrows.
The controversial 16-storey glass tower, developed by billionaire bookie Fred Done's construction firm Salboy for use as offices, has been dubbed the ‘Shudehill Shard’?
It certainly looks very different to the buildings nestled next to it - not least the 280-year-old Lower Turk's Head pub. Photographer Carl Thompson tweeted a picture of the development alongside the Sesame Street lyrics 'One of these things is not like the others.
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