The Peeps

Ancoats: the Presence of Absence

Dan Dubowitz, Bethan Hirst

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Manchester University Press
30 June 2011

Photographs: collections; Architecture

Ancoats, in Manchester, was once unimaginably different. One of the world's earliest industrial suburbs, it was dark and dense, noisy, frenetic, violent and unhealthy. It was also vibrant and creative. It had a striking vapour, sound and feel.

The area today has undergone a striking regeneration. New streets, pavements and civic spaces have been laid down. A series of installations, known as The Peeps, have been created for the area. Built into the fabric of the buildings, the brass peep holes offer a fleeting glimpse of a walled-in space, a tunnel, a disused toilet, a bell tower, a gauge.

Dan Dubowitz, given the title of 'cultural masterplanner', records through photographs, interviews, commentary and contemporaneous texts, the recent past and the current regeneration of the suburb. It is a fascinating, beautifully illustrated and designed volume that eloquently depicts the common narrative of industrialisation, slow decay and rebirth. -- .

By: Dan Dubowitz
Other: Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 220mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 776g
ISBN: 9780719085529
ISBN 10: 0719085527
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 30 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preliminary notes: Dan Dubowitz Foreword: Sir Richard Leese Introduction: Lyn Fenton 1. Royal Passage 2. Canal Privy 3. Mary’s Room 4. Pickleometer 5. Dixon’s Resonator 6. Plasmometer 7. Jactin Floats 8. Drive 9. Clocking Off 10. Murray’s Klaxon 11. Timepiece 12. Machine Room -- .

Dan Dubowitz is a multi-disciplinary artist and photographer. Since 2003 he has developed cultural masterplans for the cities of Glasgow, Sunderland, Newcastle, Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent.

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The Peeps

Ancoats: the Presence of Absence

Dan Dubowitz, Bethan Hirst

$56.99

Hardback

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