The Salford Quays was once Manchester's Docks. This is the entrance to the Lowry Theatre and Gallery Complex
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Brenda Kean / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4608 x 3456 px | 39 x 29.3 cm | 15.4 x 11.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 April 2016Location:
Salford Quays, Salford,Greater Manchester EnglandMore information:
Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in 1982. In 1983 Salford City Council acquired parts of the docks from the Manchester Ship Canal Company The area was rebranded as Salford Quays and redevelopment by Urban Waterside began in 1985. Early in the planning stages for redevelopment of Salford Quays in 1988, potential was recognised for a landmark arts venue, the Salford Quays Centre for the Performing Arts, which became known as the Lowry Project in 1994.It houses the 1, 730 seat Lyric theatre, the 466 seat Quays theatre, studio spaces and 17, 330 square feet of gallery space. There are cafes, bars and a restaurant at the south-western end of the building. The centre is associated with L. S. Lowry, and houses a unique collection of his work. The Imperial War Museum North (IWM North), on Trafford Wharf Road in Trafford Park, overlooks the Manchester Ship Canal on the opposite bank to the Lowry and MediaCityUK. The area was heavily bombed during the Manchester Blitz in December 1940. The museum’s structure was designed to be a metaphor for a world shattered by war with sloping walls and ceilings. The BBC moved jobs to Manchester and the Salford Quays site was chosen.Based in Quay House, the principal tenant is the BBC, ITV Granada completed the first phase of its move to MediaCityUK followed in two stages by the northern arm of ITV Studios: the second stage involved Coronation Street being moved to a new production facility on Trafford Wharf (next to the Imperial War Museum North). The Studios on Broadway houses seven high-definition studios, claimed to be the largest such facility in Europe.