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Mackie Mayor Building
- Smithfield Market Hall
 This former market hall building,
one of the few remaining remnants of the former
Smithfield Market, has languished rather unused and
unloved since it closed in the 1970s. Recently,
it has been refurbished and reopened as a market-style
eating establishment. Seating is provided around
large communal tables and a variety of food stalls
offer an eclectic selection of food. An article
in the Manchester Evening News described it as, "...
a hive of top-end food and drink operators, all
under one huge glass roof - and it holds almost
500 people. The building has been carefully
restored to open up both the ground and upper
floors, with rows of long bench tables and
seating, all put together with a semi-industrial
look and feel."
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The Mackie Mayor building is
indicated by the red arrow on the map below dated
1880. The glass roof is apparent and around
the outside of the building are a number of shops,
presumably, since this was a meat market, these
were butcher's shops.
 The areal photograph below, from 1953, shows the Mackie Mayor Building (indicated by the red arrow) beside the extensive covered market.  ********************** Below are some older images of the building.  |
