The rise and fall of Grand Central - from post-industrial wasteland to THE place to be in 1990s Stockport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFor decades it was THE place to go for kids in Stockport, but much of it has been reduced to rubble while what's left remains under threat.
Grand Central opened in 1991 as a multi-million pound entertainment, leisure and shopping complex. For over 20-years, a huge triangular void of post-industrial wasteland had been left hidden between the A6 and Stockport railway station.
In 1990, this waste ground was cleared to construct the exciting new development in the hopes of bringing life and prosperity back to this area of the town.
Manchester Evening News journalist, Mick Middles, wrote about the plans to redevelop the land in June 1990: "This waste ground, visible only to customers of the British Rail car park, has been flanked at the front by a huge car showrooms, and at the side by the so-called 'Canyon of Despair,' the infamous road which snakes menacingly to the station ticket office.
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