The beginning of the new set

(This post was originally posted on the Coronation Street Blog June 2012, reposted to this blog with permission.)

Well, here it is, the frame of the future Coronation Street, which has gone up really fast over the last month. Thanks to 'manc' from the Skyscraper city forum for the picture.

Click through the link to see a picture of the whole of the new ITV compound.

(edited to add: The ITV studios are going to move to a new home on the Salford Quays next year as part of the BBC Media City complex. Thus the outdoor set has to be rebuilt. No word on what will happen to the old set.)

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