From the derelict Salford dockyard, over the last two decades Media City, or MCUK, has mushroomed, spanning 200 acres of state-of-the-art tv and radio studios, apartments, offices, cafes, bars and restaurants. The BBC, ITV and a delicatessen of production and tech companies have moved into the glass towers overlooking the Ship Canal, to the point where there are something like 3,500 residents, 900 businesses and around 25,000 people working there.
In the piazza, there’s a giant screen showing stuff from the Beeb, while concerts, demos and all sorts happen here. The wider area includes the Blue Peter Garden (wooo!) and lots of planters with inspirational words slapped on them, like ‘Create’…plus the art and dining experience, Box On The Docks, which showcases music, theatre, exhibitions and all kinds of outdoor and in-pod experiences.
The University of Salford’s media campus is here too…Media City aims to be a futuristic slice of the now, housed in streets with no names, just colour coded thoroughfares with ambient lighting to match. Dirty Old Town, this is not!
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