Portland Tower
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Portland Tower, previously St. Andrew's House, is a brutalist high-rise building in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, England. The tower is located on Portland Street from which it is named. The tower was one of the first high-rise buildings built in the 1960 and 1970s in the United Kingdom.

In 2002 the west side of the tower was painted bright yellow and boasted the logo for the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. It is now dwarfed by the CIS and Hilton Towers. Portland Tower, one of Manchester's tallest buildings when completed, has been renovated as part of Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell...

's regeneration.

The tower is one of the tallest buildings in Manchester.

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