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'''Manchester Town Hall''' is the headquarters of [[Manchester]] City Council. It was completed in 1877, and is in a Gothic revival style, which was then considered modern, in contrast to the neoclassical architecture favoured by [[Liverpool]].<ref>{ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ydh3 "People's Palaces: The Building of Manchester Town Hall" ''BBC''</ref> The council had called for a building "equal if not superior, to any similar building in the country at any cost which may be reasonably required"<ref>Clare Hartwell, Clare (2001), ''Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides'', Penguin Books, 2001, page 71</ref>
[[File:Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St.jpg|thumb|Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St]]'''Manchester Town Hall''' is the headquarters of [[Manchester]] City Council. It was completed in 1877, and is in a Gothic revival style, which was then considered modern, in contrast to the neoclassical architecture favoured by [[Liverpool]].<ref>{ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ydh3 "People's Palaces: The Building of Manchester Town Hall" ''BBC''</ref> The council had called for a building "equal if not superior, to any similar building in the country at any cost which may be reasonably required"<ref>Clare Hartwell, Clare (2001), ''Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides'', Penguin Books, 2001, page 71</ref>


==LGBT history==
==LGBT history==

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Manchester Town Hall from Lloyd St

Manchester Town Hall is the headquarters of Manchester City Council. It was completed in 1877, and is in a Gothic revival style, which was then considered modern, in contrast to the neoclassical architecture favoured by Liverpool.[1] The council had called for a building "equal if not superior, to any similar building in the country at any cost which may be reasonably required"[2]

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References

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  1. {ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ydh3 "People's Palaces: The Building of Manchester Town Hall" BBC
  2. Clare Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, 2001, page 71