River Street Tower

River Street Tower (also known as the Downing Tower after its developer) is a high-rise residential tower in Manchester, England. The tower is situated immediately north of the Mancunian Way on land which was formerly occupied by a concrete car park frame from 2005 to 2018. A 125 m (410 ft) tall tower was originally approved in October 2012. However, the scheme never materialised and the land was sold to new owners. A revised scheme for the site was approved in 2017 for a 32-storey, 92 m (302 ft) tall high-rise tower, comprising 420 apartments targeted at the student accommodation market. The unfinished concrete frame was demolished in May 2018 and construction commenced on the tower in summer 2018.

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Contour (towers)

Contour is a residential development under construction in the Castlefield area of Manchester, England. Once completed, it will comprise two 154-metre (505 ft), 51-storey skyscrapers designed by SimpsonHaugh architects as part of the Great Jackson Street masterplan, adjacent to the Deansgate Square skyscraper cluster. Developed by Renaker, once completed they will be the joint sixth-tallest buildings in Greater Manchester.

St Wilfrid's Church, Hulme

St Wilfrid's Church in George Street, Hulme, Manchester, England, is a former Roman Catholic church. Designed by Augustus Pugin, it was his only known church building in that city. Construction of St Wilfrid's began in 1839 and the church building was completed in 1842, although a planned tower was never built. The church served a small number of Irish people who lived in the area. In July 1852, during a period of anti-Catholic demonstrations, the building was mistakenly rumoured to be the target of Protestant people who desired to burn it down. There had been sectarian riots in nearby Stockport in the previous month and the heightened tensions led to a fight in a pub becoming misconstrued as an imminent attack on the church. A large mob of Irish people arrived to defend the building against this non-existent threat and, although the priest, Reverend Toole, attempted to calm them and urged them to disperse, for several days afterwards a group of people stood watch over it. The church had the services of Irish priests from County Kerry continuously from the 1890s until the 1930s. St Wilfrid's became a Grade II listed building in December 1963. Facing declining enrollment, the parish was suppressed and the church was deconsecrated in 1990. The church was converted into a factory that manufactured beds and in 1994 became an enterprise centre. Among those buried at the church was William Bally, a Swiss sculptor and phrenologist.

Square Gardens

Square Gardens is a co-living development in Manchester, England. The first phase of the scheme, Acer Tower, comprises 1,187 beds across 716 units which opened in 2024. The Fernley, a 139-metre (456 ft), 45-storey residential building with 525 units, opened in June 2025 and is the 11th-tallest building in Greater Manchester as of December 2025. The development will also provide 17,000 sq ft (1,600 m2) of commercial, leisure and retail space. If fully constructed, the development will feature around 2,200 residential units in total across four buildings, which were designed by SimpsonHaugh.

Statue of Friedrich Engels, Manchester

The statue of Friedrich Engels is a 12 ft (3.7 m) concrete statue of German philosopher Friedrich Engels currently located at Tony Wilson Place in Manchester, England. The Soviet-era statue depicts Engels in a standing pose with his arms crossed, and stands on a pedestal bearing the Cyrillic inscription "Ф. ЭНГЕЛЬС" ("F. ENGELS").