The actual square is a mixed bag. There’s a modern glass block that screams “we are serious business.” Boring. Then there’s the older brick building with wonky windows.
That old building? It used to be something else. Rumor has it, it was a printing works in the 1920s. Imagine the smell of ink and paper.
Today? It’s mostly student housing and startup offices. You can smell ambition… and instant noodles. That’s Manchester for you.
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Funny Detail #2: The Pigeon Council
Every afternoon, a flock of pigeons gathers on the roof. Not random pigeons. Important pigeons. They hold a summit.
They coo loudly, looking down at the humans. “Look at them rushing,” they seem to say. “We own this square.”
One of them is missing a toe. I call him Stumpy. He’s the mayor. No one has challenged his rule.
