View along Princess Street, Manchester - geograph

Princess Street is one of the main streets in the

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Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, England. It begins at Cross Street and runs approximately eastwards across

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and

Whitworth Street Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road ( A6) and Oxford Street ( A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West, which then goes as far as Deansgate ( A56). It was opened in 1899 and is ...

until the point where it continues as Brook Street and eventually joins the A34.

History

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.

Route

The road is two-way as it passes

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, St Peter's Square and its tram stop. It becomes one-way southbound (including for buses and cycles) after Portland Street, and resumes two-way traffic after Major Street. It then crosses the

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and the

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before going under the

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and terminating when it becomes Brook Street.

Notable buildings

* Northern Assurance Buildings on the north side *

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on the south side * The

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, on the north side, 1837, Grade II*, architect Sir Charles Barry * Princess Buildings, on the south side * The Pickles Building on the north side,

corner * Former Mechanics' Institute 103 Princess Street, 1854, Grade II*, architect John Edgar Gregan (the location of the founding meeting of the

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and in the 20th century the College of Commerce and later the National Museum of Labour History). * Central House, on the south side * Asia House on the south side,

corner, 1910, architect Harry Fairhurst *

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on the south side,

corner

History

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Notable buildings

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