Vanished shopping centre with wooden walkways that's a Manchester missing link
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester city centre is constantly evolving. And the story of one, lost shopping complex, reflects just how much the retail landscape has changed within a relatively short period of time.
Between Victoria Station and the Corn Exchange there used to be a mall. Running from Fennel Street to Todd Street, it linked the two iconic city centre buildings, and was filled with independent businesses.
But, in common with too many other, quirky, higgledly-piggedly corners of the city centre, it was demolished in the name of post-war progress.
It's a Manchester missing link - a bridge between old shopping habits and new, as well as a vanished shortcut that provided with commuters with a way of sheltering from the rain on the way to and from Victoria station.
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