Charles Reilly, a contemporary architecture critic, thought the extension was 'dull' and 'drab' while Nikolaus Pevsner considered it was Harris's 'best job'.
•
The Town Hall Extension, housing municipal departments including rates, rents and street cleaning departments, was built after a competition in 1927 was won by E. Vincent Harris who, in the same year, won a competition to build Manchester Central Library on an adjacent site.
Manchester | Cape Town | Carnegie Hall | Manchester United F.C. | Royal Albert Hall | University of Manchester | town | Manchester City F.C. | Gotha (town) | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | Greater Manchester | Royal Festival Hall | University of Cape Town | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame | Pro Football Hall of Fame | Hallmark Hall of Fame | music hall | Wigmore Hall | Radio City Music Hall | Hall & Oates | Queen Elizabeth Hall | Tammany Hall | Manchester, New Hampshire | Camden Town | Huddersfield Town F.C. | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Melissa Manchester | Swindon Town F.C. | Ipswich Town F.C. | Our Town |