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SUMMARY:History Film Night: Architecture for the People?
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening and discussion exploring Manches
 ter's urban history and development from the 1940s to today.\nOrganized 
 in collaboration with The Modernist and the current exhibit up at the Ce
 ntral Public Library\, Architecture for the people: the works of Manches
 ter City Architect’s Department (1902-2003)\, this Manchester Urban Film
  Series screening and discussion will revisit Manchester's postwar perio
 d from today's contemporary vantage point.\n\nWe’ll be screening the 194
 7 documentary from the North West Film Archive collection\, A City Speak
 s\, which was a promotional film sponsored by the city council. As the B
 FI description summarizes: "Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic visi
 on of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouse
 s and city devolution return to the agenda...Under the soaring\, sweepin
 g direction of Paul Rotha\, it takes in themes of industry\, energy\, le
 isure and housing\, present\, past and future."\n\nWe'll use this as our
  starting point to reflect on Manchester's historical urban development 
 and the role of government within that as well as the resonances\, chall
 enges or opportunities of the dramatically transformed landscape we face
  today. With a resurgence of interest in "new municipalism" and public o
 wnership\, "it is worth remembering\," as the exhibit notes\, "how much 
 of the city’s operations were governed from the town hall. Manchester Co
 rporation once controlled gas and electricity undertakings\, tramways an
 d trolleybuses\, schools\, police\, fire and ambulance services\, waste 
 collection\, parks and recreation\, housing\, libraries and more. The Ci
 ty Architect’s Department designed for all of these." What can we learn 
 from these efforts today?
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LOCATION:Manchester Central Library\, St Peter's Square\, Manchester\, M2
  5PD
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