Comments on: Bridgewater Hall http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/02/03/bridgewater-hall-in-manchester/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: northern git http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/02/03/bridgewater-hall-in-manchester/#comment-9398 northern git Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:24:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=668#comment-9398 Just to the south - in between the canal and the railway and to the right of the road junction is The Hacienda nightclub. Its been demolished now but there it is in all its glory. I'm sure anyone who likes Joy Division/ New order/ Happy Mondays / Stone Roses. has seen the film 24hour party people or knows anything about acid house will know the Hacienda. For some us - between 1988 and 1992 - this was the centre of the known universe (and some of the unknown universe aswell!) Just to the south - in between the canal and the railway and to the right of the road junction is The Hacienda nightclub. Its been demolished now but there it is in all its glory.
I’m sure anyone who likes Joy Division/ New order/ Happy Mondays / Stone Roses. has seen the film 24hour party people or knows anything about acid house will know the Hacienda.
For some us - between 1988 and 1992 - this was the centre of the known universe (and some of the unknown universe aswell!)

]]> By: northern git http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/02/03/bridgewater-hall-in-manchester/#comment-9396 northern git Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:18:24 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=668#comment-9396 They do tours of the building and you can go into the basement. The building is completely unconnected to the the surrounding ground and has no foundations as such. At ground level you can actually see daylight between the ground and the exterior wall. The whole building is simply suspended on hundreds of huge springs - if it wasnt so clever it is almost cartoon like. I also had my graduation there - which was nice! They do tours of the building and you can go into the basement. The building is completely unconnected to the the surrounding ground and has no foundations as such. At ground level you can actually see daylight between the ground and the exterior wall.
The whole building is simply suspended on hundreds of huge springs - if it wasnt so clever it is almost cartoon like.
I also had my graduation there - which was nice!

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