crippletron 3000
15-10-2010, 10:54 AM
Athenaeum, Manchester
Visited By Ojay, Gone, Jimmy & Millhouse.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/ath_hsbc.jpg
'The former Parrs bank building was designed by Charles Heathcote in 1902, is a superb example of Edwardian baroque with some increasingly fashionable art
nouveau detailing, particularly in the wrought ironwork. Now a winebar-café known as the Athenaeum, it is in red sandstone with an imposing corner
entrance topped with a dome. Probably one of Manchester's most opulent banking halls, with deep mahogany woodwork, green ceramic and marble walls, rich
ceiling plasterwork, stained glass windows and elegant Ionic columns'.
It was getting late and we decided to hit up another rooftop before calling it a night....Yeah right!
This was supposed to be a quickie, in the end turned out to be nearly 2 hours of dicking around, and we ended up on yet another rooftop.
I had looked down on this place a couple of weeks ago from the rooftop of the HSBC, and admired it's beauty, especially the dome topped corner entrance.
Fast forward 2 weeks and we were up on the roof of this one, avoiding pidgeon wire and climbing dodgy scaffold along the way.
Gone - "It's all about the people shots".... Oi Oi...
But was a struggle for me as was now the 5th hit of the evening with no tripod FFS, so I managed a couple of shots, so shouts to Gone, Jimmy & Millhouse for capturing what turned out to be one of the best 'splores of the evening.
On your Athenaeums....
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/ath1_2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_me2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/DSC_6891.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Dome.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_peeps.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_ppl1.jpg
Thanks for looking :thumb
Visited By Ojay, Gone, Jimmy & Millhouse.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/ath_hsbc.jpg
'The former Parrs bank building was designed by Charles Heathcote in 1902, is a superb example of Edwardian baroque with some increasingly fashionable art
nouveau detailing, particularly in the wrought ironwork. Now a winebar-café known as the Athenaeum, it is in red sandstone with an imposing corner
entrance topped with a dome. Probably one of Manchester's most opulent banking halls, with deep mahogany woodwork, green ceramic and marble walls, rich
ceiling plasterwork, stained glass windows and elegant Ionic columns'.
It was getting late and we decided to hit up another rooftop before calling it a night....Yeah right!
This was supposed to be a quickie, in the end turned out to be nearly 2 hours of dicking around, and we ended up on yet another rooftop.
I had looked down on this place a couple of weeks ago from the rooftop of the HSBC, and admired it's beauty, especially the dome topped corner entrance.
Fast forward 2 weeks and we were up on the roof of this one, avoiding pidgeon wire and climbing dodgy scaffold along the way.
Gone - "It's all about the people shots".... Oi Oi...
But was a struggle for me as was now the 5th hit of the evening with no tripod FFS, so I managed a couple of shots, so shouts to Gone, Jimmy & Millhouse for capturing what turned out to be one of the best 'splores of the evening.
On your Athenaeums....
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/ath1_2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_me2.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/DSC_6891.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Dome.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_peeps.jpg
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Athenaeum/Ath_ppl1.jpg
Thanks for looking :thumb