EPW041553 ENGLAND (1933). Piccadilly Gardens, the Central Public Library and the city centre, Manchester, 1933
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| Title | [EPW041553] Piccadilly Gardens, the Central Public Library and the city centre, Manchester, 1933 | 
| Reference | EPW041553 | 
| Date | July-1933 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | MANCHESTER | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 384208, 398187 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.2379840081769, 53.479917109831 | 
| National Grid Reference | SJ842982 | 
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|  King St |   olivos | Tuesday 15th of October 2019 10:07:53 AM | 
|  Cross St |   olivos | Tuesday 15th of October 2019 10:07:09 AM | 
|  Parker Street |   Rick | Monday 29th of July 2013 09:49:33 PM | 
| Most of these buildings where destroyed during the ww2 blitz |   Rick | Monday 29th of July 2013 09:53:29 PM | 
|  City Police Courts, now Crown Court at Minshull Street. About 1870. |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:25:25 PM | 
|  Aytoun Street |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:23:38 PM | 
|  Midland Hotel |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:22:10 PM | 
|  St Ann's Church, with St Anns Square to the right. Note the lack of an E in Anne, reflecting the sponsors name. |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:21:16 PM | 
|  Manchester Royal Exchange, built as a Cotton trading floor. Inside the large open space now is another building, a theatre in the round, the Exchange Theatre. |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:19:32 PM | 
|  Market Street |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:17:04 PM | 
|  Lewis's Department Store, now Primark |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:15:39 PM | 
|  Rylands Department Store, now Debenhams |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:15:10 PM | 
|  Manchester Town Hall |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:14:34 PM | 
|  Manchester Central Library, nearly ready to open. It was opened by King George V in July 1934. |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:14:03 PM | 
|  Piccadilly Gardens. The sunken area marks the basement of the former hospital on the site. This has now been filled in. The buildings are remnants of former use and at this time include use as Manchester Reference Library- the new circular library was not to open for another year. |   totoro | Thursday 9th of May 2013 10:12:09 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW041553] Piccadilly Gardens, the Central Public Library and the city centre, Manchester, 1933](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/041/EPW041553.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EPW055080] The Central Library, Mosley Street and environs, Manchester, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055080.jpg) 
 ![[EAW050213] Piccadilly Gardens and environs, Manchester, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/050/EAW050213.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015999] Piccadilly Gardens and environs, Manchester, 1948. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015999.jpg) 
 ![[EAW050212] Piccadilly Gardens and environs, Manchester, 1953](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/050/EAW050212.jpg) 
 ![[EPW019136] Lewis's Department Store and environs, Manchester, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/019/EPW019136.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055079] Piccadilly Gardens and environs, Manchester, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055079.jpg) 
 ![[EPW019092] Lewis's Department Store and environs, Manchester, 1927. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/019/EPW019092.jpg) 
 ![[EPW019135] Lewis's Department Store, Manchester, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/019/EPW019135.jpg) 
 ![[EAW038398] The city centre, Manchester, from the south-west, 1951](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/038/EAW038398.jpg) 
 ![[EAW038397] Piccadilly Gardens and the city, Manchester, from the north-west, 1951. This image has been produced from a damaged negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/038/EAW038397.jpg) 
 ![[EAW038399] Piccadilly Gardens and the city, Manchester, from the west, 1951](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/038/EAW038399.jpg) 
 ![[EPW045990] Piccadilly Gardens and environs, Manchester, 1934](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/045/EPW045990.jpg) 
 ![[EPW017616] The city centre, Manchester, 1927. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/017/EPW017616.jpg) 
 ![[EAW000802] The city centre including the Town Hall, Central Library and Central Railway Station, Manchester, from the south-west, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/000/EAW000802.jpg)