The Stockport Pyramid was meant to be Manchester's 'Valley of Kings'
For anybody who has driven on the M60 near Stockport you have most likely come across the town's iconic pyramid. The dazzling building is found on Yew Street and has been a head turner for over 30 years.
Speaking to the MEN in 2019, he said: “There were obviously different opinions at the time – as there were on the sub-committee – but we thought getting the imaginative modernistic design was the best solution,” It's looked at fondly now, but according to Coral Dranfield – former secretary of Stockport Heritage Trust, it's taken a while for locals to warm to the tall glass pyramid in their sky. “The reaction to it at the time was that nobody liked it, it was considered a bit of a monster, really, ” she told the MEN in 2019.
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