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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\nFor 101 yea
 rs\, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizen
 s and met diverse civic needs by designing hundreds of different municip
 al buildings. They ranged from grand airport terminals to the small publ
 ic lavatories\, from the high profile like the new Free Trade Hall to th
 e hidden away but essential facilities like mortuaries.\n\nFor the first
  time\, this exhibition presents a selection of the works delivered unde
 r the direction of the seven official City Architects spanning across th
 e twentieth century. In the early days of the Department\, Manchester Co
 rporation controlled gas and electricity undertakings\, most public tran
 sport\, schools\, police\, fire and ambulance services\, waste collectio
 n\, parks and recreation\, housing\, libraries\, crematoriums and more. 
 Such responsibilities meant a need for new buildings and the upkeep of e
 xisting facilities. The City Architect’s Department designed and deliver
 ed these\, changing the face of the city and its suburbs\, providing tho
 usands of new homes\, and scores of schools\, libraries\, public baths\,
  amongst a host of civic buildings. Using archival photographs\, drawing
 s and ephemera\, the exhibition traces the Department and its buildings\
 , showing how architectural commissions mirrored the constitution of the
  Corporation and the changing fortunes of the city.\n\nCurated by Martin
  Dodge (University of Manchester) and Richard Brook (Lancaster Universit
 y)
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:First Floor Exhibition Hall\, Manchester Central Library\, St Pe
 ter's Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD
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