Sunday 13 December 2009

salford perspectives: salford quays


water reflected in glass

clean landscaped urban villages connected by the mall stretch

a middle class media haven

utopia refracted 

green grass



maseratis, city lofts and post-production studios

fishermen on the bunds where controlled deep-water basins

lap the banks of the ship canal



sound engineers and digital media planners skirt the lowry

for the summer breeze

majestic architecture where manchester once made a dash for the high seas



fitness regimes for the forward thinking

coxed eights, from above, like a herringbone on foil

creatives on clean slates extending

reaching out

education in motion

higher living

away from the numbers and the background noise



fresh up from london we'd never heard of salford

they say it was a pejorative

not like "arsenal" in N17

but more like "lewisham" to the well-heeled out on blackheath

ten minutes up the road it still looks quite dodgy

now, though, people talk of "new salford"

opportunity knocks here

new doors are being opened

unlocked with a new set of keys


salford quays



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