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Beetham Tower, Manchester

 

First outing of the new year and a chance to meet up with Eddie for a walkabout around Manchester. Neither of us had been to Castlefield since the Flickr reccy many moons ago and to say it has declined into an eyesore with more graffiti than ever and a basin full of decrepit narrowboats and barges is disheartening considering this is a conservation area and the UK's first designated "urban heritage park" in 1982.

 

We soon moved on to Deansgate area, where Eddie posted an excellent image of the staircase leading from street level to the upper Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop. My offering is of the Beetham Tower, or rather a microcosm of modern life in Manchester. I've just been watching Chris Packham's personal insight into the world's population from last night ,bluntly titled... 7.7 Billion People and Counting.

 

I thought of this image from Saturday, which in my mind illustrates, the direction we are all taking. I will be interested in your views if you watched it.

 

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