This is the Big Wheel in Manchester, England. The city centre has been rebuilt after the bombing of 1996. The Big Wheel is right in the rebuilt area.
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At 11.20 am on Saturday 15 June 1996, the IRA detonated a large bomb in the city centre, the largest to be detonated on British soil. Whilst this bomb caused over 200 injuries, it caused no deaths, and the principal damage was to the physical infrastructure of nearby buildings. The consequent reconstruction spurred a massive regeneration of the city centre, with complexes such as The Printworks and the Triangle creating new city focal points for both shopping and entertainment. The regeneration took over a decade to complete. The latest and final part of the renovated Manchester Arndale opened in September 2006, allowing the centre to hold the title of Europe's largest city centre shopping mall.
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Ha! I know this one all too well...especially with having to pass it almost everyday on my way to work :) It's a nice angle that you've caught it from.
A striking angle - adds to the sense of size and motion. The purple of the sky feels unnatural - perhaps that is entirely what you intend - but nothing else in the photo ties to that feeling of unnatural, so it just feels odd to me.
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