@pichiavo artwork....

Between the end of Tariff Street and Great Ancoats Street, in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, is an area where the old buildings were swept away decades ago leaving us with a series of unappealing, surface car parks. But not for long. Work has already started on three, new apartment towers lining Great Ancoats Street and, with the pace of building going on in the city, I sure the rest will disappear soon. What was wastelands, fit only to park your car at some risk, are now regarded as development and profit opportunities.

In the centre of these car parks, one tiny building somehow survived. It looks like it might have been a house at one point. It did look rundown and had been painted a very, unappealing shade of green. How long it will remain I'm not sure. I can't see any developer will want it to remain, getting in the way of their new apartment tower.

Which is a shame as one of its exposed walls has been taken on by the street art crew, @pichiavo, who have created this beautiful, classically inspired piece. Here it is finished.