The view this week is from New Quay Street and Irwell Bridge (literally half way over so not sure if technically in Manchester or Salford !)

The top photo was kindly provided by Chris Burnett of Chris Burnett Associates and was taken in 2003. It shows the view towards the Granada TV building (worth also noting the banner on the side of the building which shows Manchester supporting Liverpool’s 2008 Capital of Culture bid).

The building opened in 1956 and was the first purpose-built commercial TV studio in the UK. It was subsequently vacated in 2013 when most of the production had moved to MediaCityUK in Salford.

The bottom photo is from last week and shows some of the major transformation that has taken place over the past two decades.

From left to right:

Leftbank apartment building (400 apartments) - designed by Sheppard Robson as part of Allied London’s Spinningfields development.

Beetham Tower designed by SimpsonHaugh.

The Globe Building at 1 New Quay Street, designed by BDG architecture + design. The 67,000 sqft office building is home to WPP, is split over eight floors and forms part of Allied London’s Enterprise City district which covers the site of the former Granada TV studios.

Finally, the 333,000 sqft Manchester Goods Yard building - also part of the new Enterprise City district; designed by Chapman Taylor, and home to Booking.com and Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™.