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SUMMARY:Architecture for the People  Manchester City Architect’s Departme
 nt\, 1902-2003
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DESCRIPTION:Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People\n-------------
 -------------------------------------\n\nFor 101 years\, the City Archit
 ect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens and met diverse ci
 vic needs by designing hundreds of different municipal buildings. They r
 anged from grand airport terminals to the small public lavatories\, from
  the high profile like the new Free Trade Hall to the hidden away but es
 sential facilities like mortuaries.\n\nFor the first time\, this exhibit
 ion presents a selection of the works delivered under the direction of t
 he seven official City Architects spanning across the twentieth century.
  In the early days of the Department\, Manchester Corporation controlled
  gas and electricity undertakings\, most public transport\, schools\, po
 lice\, fire and ambulance services\, waste collection\, parks and recrea
 tion\, housing\, libraries\, crematoriums and more. Such responsibilitie
 s meant a need for new buildings and the upkeep of existing facilities. 
 The City Architect’s Department designed and delivered these\, changing 
 the face of the city and its suburbs\, providing thousands of new homes\
 , and scores of schools\, libraries\, public baths\, amongst a host of c
 ivic buildings. Using archival photographs\, drawings and ephemera\, the
  exhibition traces the Department and its buildings\, showing how archit
 ectural commissions mirrored the constitution of the Corporation and the
  changing fortunes of the city.\n\nCurated by Martin Dodge (University o
 f Manchester) and Richard Brook (Lancaster University)
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Manchester Central Library
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