Aytoun St Job Centre, Manchester, Jul 08

[Alley]

Built in 1951, now standing derelict for 13 years, this building is a rare sight in the city centre:
a quiet oasis of urban decay surrounded by brand new skyscrapers.
It's stripped, crumbling and atmospheric.
Visited with Bigjobs.
Aytoun Street Job Centre - Manchester

Built in 1951, now standing derelict for 13 years, this building is a rare sight in the city centre: a quiet oasis of urban decay surrounded by brand new skyscrapers.
It's stripped, crumbling and atmospheric.

 

[Looloo]

Wow that place looks huge. Love the pic out of the round window

 

[ThenewMendoza]

Nice one, Alley. Does Bigjobs only own one set of clothes?

TnM

 

[havoc]

A job centre? WTF? lol. nice work guys like the second floor pic.

 

[crumbler]

great shots, I bet the building had a lot of style in its day. Good solid old structure.

Thanks for posting.

 

[johno23]

Nice one,very atmospheric with all the peeling paint and old wooden signage etc.Especailly like the one through the round window.Any idea what they are going to do with it or dare I ask

 

[Foxylady]

Cool building. I almost didn't look at this because, tbh, I've been in enough flipping job centres enough flipping times to last me a flipping lifetime! Huge place...really like it.

 

[smileysal]

Bloody hell, how big is this job centre? Not seen any of this size before. Absolutely love that first pic with those curved glass panels. They're gorgeous.

Excellent pics Alley,

Sal

 

[Bigjobs]

I'm still sorting my shots out. What a day, what a place

And mendo, I have several pairs of the same clothes. What can I say, I like black

 

[double-six]

Some nice pics there - glad to finally see inside!
Well done for getting in.

 

[thompski]

Great stuff, certainly on my list for when I move up to Manchester (assuming its not demo'd before the end of the year).

Great bit of 1950s architecture and well photographed - I love the skylights

 

[sqwasher]

Great pics! The place looks ace despite the decay/destruction! Really good to see this place!

 

[DJhooker]

dammit, i was gonna scope this place out! well done anyways, nice pics!

 

[john]

That looks a lot more interesting than I expected from the outside.

 

[Goldie87]

Looks like a big place. Those glass roofs are very cool.

 

[Gibbo]

Nice pics guys, especially the plaques.

I remember a very comedy entrance when we had a look at this place last year!

 

[Explorette]

cool place, i must admit when i saw the thread title, i thought that it was going to be as interesting as the bible but i was wrong.

 

[Bigjobs]

Right, pics sorted, internet fixed, then pc fixed, then internet fixed again, then pc fixed, running one out of 5 hdd's and wearing several plasters.

Here's my shots.

 

[Alley]

Yours shots are excellent Bigjobs!

I believe the developer can't afford to complete this project, may be empty for a while yet.

More info here http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/index.asp?Sessionx=IpqiNwImNw7rKDc6IHqjNwB6IA

 

[skittles]

Is this near Piccadilly station. Been trying to get into that one for years. Well not recently!