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[[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==

Manchester Town Hall is one of the stopping places on the [[Manchester LGBT Heritage Trail]] and has been marked by a rainbow mosaic set into the pavement outside.

[[Allan Horsfall]] and other gay rights campaigners who lobbied for a change in the law for 40 years were honoured in a ceremony at Manchester Town Hall in October 2004.<ref>http://gayfortoday.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/allan-horsfall.html</ref>

A celebration of the life of [[Allan Horsfall]] was held there in October 2012.

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