January 11 2010

Bulldozers could move on Manchester’s most famous street after ITV resumed talks with Peel Media to relocate TV favourite Coronation Street to the £600m Media City site.

Instantly recognisable for its quintessentially northern English vernacular and quaint cobbled streets the set is in fact more akin to the facadism of a Hollywood wild western.

Built in 1982 from reclaimed brick and roof slates the street lacks interior walls, necessitating that the chimneys be built from fibreglass.

Careful choice of camera angles block local tower blocks and a new viaduct was recently constructed to obscure the Granada Television buildings. Actually a façade it only appears complete through optical illusion.

With the advent of high definition television the Street’s increasingly frayed appearance is becoming increasingly incongruous to the modern age.  

Whether the revamped Street will reflect today’s Manchester with the Rovers Return Inn transformed into a gastropub and terraced homes replaced by executive housing isn’t clear.

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