Princess Street is one of the main streets in the city centre of Manchester, England. It begins at Cross Street and runs approximately eastwards across Mosley Street, Portland Street and Whitworth Street until the point where it continues as Brook Street and eventually joins the A34.
Looking down Princess Street from Mosley Street junction
It is not clear whether the street was actually named after a princess and the second part of it once bore the name of David Street. Originally a residential street it became the site of many textile warehouses and large office buildings during the 19th century. Some of these have since been demolished but most have been converted to other uses.[1]
Routeedit
The road is two-way as it passes Albert Square, St Peter's Square and its tram stop. It then becomes one-way southbound but with a contraflow lane for buses, cycles and taxis, and for access. After Portland Street, it becomes fully one-way southbound until Major Street, and resumes fully two-way. It then crosses the Rochdale Canal, and the River Medlock where it becomes Brook Street and subsequently Upper Brook Street.
The Pickles Building on the north side, Portland Street corner
Former Mechanics' Institute 103 Princess Street, 1854, Grade II*, architect John Edgar Gregan[3] (the location of the founding meeting of the Trades Union Congress and in the 20th century the College of Commerce and later the National Museum of Labour History).[4]
^Historic England. "103 Princess Street, Manchester (1247391)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
^Stewart, Cecil (1956). The Stones of Manchester. London: Edward Arnold.
^Historic England. "Asia House, Manchester (1247432)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
Further readingedit
The Story of the Bale. Manchester: Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, Princess Street, 1926
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