Triangle Shopping Centre Manchester, Building Photos, England, Shops, Location

Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester

Manchester Shops: Retail Architecture in northwest England, UK

17 Apr 2010

Triangle Manchester

Manchester building photos © Adrian Welch, April 2010:

Location: north side of city centre, near Selfridges

Address: Exchange Square, Manchester M4 3TR

Contact: 0161 834 8961

Triangle Shopping Centre

Location: north of city centre, near the Cathedral, on west side of Corporation Street

Corn Exchange, Manchester is a grade II listed building. The building was originally used as a corn exchange and was previously named the Corn & Produce Exchange, and subsequently The Triangle.

Opened: 2000

Manchester building photos © Adrian Welch 2006:

The building stands on the site of an earlier structure built in 1837 trading from Hanging Ditch. It was built in 1837 but they rebuilt parts of it in 1903. This was replaced in 1897 by the current building, which opened for business in 1903 and was called ‘The Corn & Produce Exchange’.

In its heyday it was the gathering spot for thousands of traders from all over the region. This continued until the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s. Following the Second World War, trade gradually declined and the trading floor fell into disuse. The building was used briefly by the Royal Exchange Theatre Company from 1976.

Other examples of Manchester Architecture welcome

Location: Exchange Square, Manchester, M4 3TR, Northwest England, UK