I know loads of people think otherwise but I've NEVER liked this building. I know there are one or two fantastic buildings from the 1960s in Manchester (Pall Mall Court and the former Natwest regional HQ on King Street, for instance) but to me this symbolizes the cheap-and-nasty side of architecture from that era.

Unfortunately, the tower (which I thought was some sort of cooling tower, not an aerial) was the best bit. Hopefully they'll put the remainder of the building out of its misery before too long.

Why not build a media city in east manchester at least this would give some quality jobs and training in the area.MCC could give granada some help with relocating to east manchester..

Octavius,

Couldn't disagree more - it's a wonderful bit of late fifties architecture, one of the best we've got in the city. It was also built to a very high standard which means it's more or less in its original state. And its oldest parts have the distinction of being the first purpose-built television studio in the UK. It symbolises all that ITV isn't these days - quality programmes and a commitment to the regions. I think both the FT and the New York Times both came to the conclusion that from about 1960 to about 1990 Granada was the best commercial television in the world and in those days just about everything Granada produced came from Quay Street. Unfortunately, it's not listed so I guess that it's only a matter of time before it disappears to make way for yet another block of cheap, shoddily-built and bland flats.

O tempora, o mores!!

I was always fond of the tower!