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Skyliner: Alternative Tours of Manchester

Fledglings
GIFT VOUCHERS
Private Tours and Workshops
About
Contact
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4 October 2019
journal, Editorial Pick
Skyliner
Follow the Buddleia

A walking essay following nature into spaces of decay in North and East Manchester

Follow the Buddleia
1 October 2019
Editorial Pick, histories
Skyliner
Rag Trade and Street Art

Make Do Mend by Nomad Clan is the latest mural in the Northern Quarter and it replaces another piece by the duo painted for Cities of Hope in 2016.

Rag Trade and Street Art
9 September 2019
News, Editorial Pick
Skyliner
The Northern Capital of Street Art

Manchester is home to the most instagrammed street art in the North. Check out some of the most popular pieces, and see what the future of street art could be.

The Northern Capital of Street Art
2 September 2019
journal
Skyliner
The Gloaming

On a slow, silent descent to the seabed whale-fall withered and fed, pulsated and grew.

The Gloaming
20 May 2019
histories, Editorial Pick
Skyliner
The Warp and Weft Mural

When public art tells a story - the history of the Northern Quarter, in mural form.

The Warp and Weft Mural
Skyliner
18 September 2018
histories

The Albert Hall and Aston Institute

Skyliner
18 September 2018
histories
The Albert Hall and Aston Institute

Exploring inside the Albert Hall on Peter Street whilst it still lay abandoned after 40 years

Tagged: Petersfield

Skyliner
18 September 2018
histories

Minut Men

Skyliner
18 September 2018
histories
Minut Men

The totems of Salford University’s Allerton Building, and other works by post-war artist an inventor William Mitchell

Tagged: Salford Central & Greengate

Skyliner
12 September 2018
histories

The Skeleton of Crown Theatre

Skyliner
12 September 2018
histories
The Skeleton of Crown Theatre

Salford’s Crown Theatre is nothing these days but a frame of rotten wood and faded paint. However, its decay is captivatingly beautiful.

Tagged: Greater Manchester

Skyliner
12 September 2018
exploration

Abandoned Cells of Bootle Street

Skyliner
12 September 2018
exploration
Abandoned Cells of Bootle Street

Exploring inside Bootle Street police station and a look around the long abandoned holding cells.

Tagged: Civic Quarter, Petersfield

Skyliner
11 September 2018
journal

Joseph Sunlight's Vision

Skyliner
11 September 2018
journal
Joseph Sunlight's Vision

Imagining the city’s most fantastic plans and historical buildings all coming together to form the Chicago-like Cottonopolis.

Tagged: St Johns

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

Underground Manchester Debunked

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
Underground Manchester Debunked

The myth and the reality of the Guardian Exchange nuclear bunker in the city centre

Tagged: Civic Quarter

Skyliner
11 September 2018
exploration

Musical Mancunian Way

Skyliner
11 September 2018
exploration
Musical Mancunian Way

Take your headphones with you the next time you stroll beneath the Mancuanian Way - it’s playing a song.

Tagged: The Corridor, North Campus

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

Boardman's Entry and other alleyways

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
Boardman's Entry and other alleyways

The story behind that umbrella-lined alleyway off King Street.

Tagged: Medieval Quarter, Civic Quarter, Central Business District

Skyliner
11 September 2018
Book Club, Editorial Pick

Estates

Skyliner
11 September 2018
Book Club, Editorial Pick
Estates

Reviewing Lynsey Hanley’s Estates, and a look back on two fantastic housing documentaries

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

The Demolition of New Broadcasting House

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
The Demolition of New Broadcasting House

Documenting the last days of BBC’s New Broadcasting House before demolition

Tagged: The Corridor

Skyliner
11 September 2018
Travel

Spreepark

Skyliner
11 September 2018
Travel
Spreepark

A trip to abandoned theme park and the tragic tale of the family who were torn apart over it.

Tagged: Germany

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

The Underground Bridges of Rochdale

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
The Underground Bridges of Rochdale

Wading beneath the culverted medieval bridges of Rochdale

Tagged: Greater Manchester, Rochdale

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

The Crescent Pub

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
The Crescent Pub

The pub in Salford whose regulars included Marx and Engels

Tagged: Salford Central & Greengate

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

The Onward Building

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
The Onward Building

An ornate Victorian newspaper office home to The Band of Hope temperance newspaper.

Tagged: Petersfield, North Campus

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

The House on Ship Canal House

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
The House on Ship Canal House

The caretaker who lived on the roof of Ship Canal House

Tagged: Central Business District

Skyliner
11 September 2018
journal

Piccadilly Plaza: Dreams Without Frontiers

Skyliner
11 September 2018
journal
Piccadilly Plaza: Dreams Without Frontiers

The Piccadilly Hotel and the 60s utopia it designed itself around

Tagged: Piccadilly

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories

Manchester's Godlee Observatory

Skyliner
11 September 2018
histories
Manchester's Godlee Observatory

Few people seem to know it exists but Manchester’s city centre observatory is going strong after more than 100 years.

Tagged: North Campus

Skyliner
11 September 2018
exploration

24 Hours in Manchester

Skyliner
11 September 2018
exploration
24 Hours in Manchester

Think of this as a tourist guide to Manchester, without any of the tourist sites. 

Tagged: Chinatown, The Corridor, Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Medieval Quarter, St Johns, First Street

Skyliner
10 September 2018
histories

The Last Days of the Aytoun Street Exchange

Skyliner
10 September 2018
histories
The Last Days of the Aytoun Street Exchange

Farewell to the Employment Exchange. A Modernist monolith in its final days before demolition.

Tagged: Piccadilly

Skyliner
10 September 2018
journal, Editorial Pick

Grief of Place

Skyliner
10 September 2018
journal, Editorial Pick
Grief of Place

An obituary of a town rather than a person. The loss of a childhood town.

Tagged: Merseyside

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