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Currently covered by scaffolding is the Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1384997 Dancehouse Theatre http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour8/area8page5.html Originally it housed two cinemas called The Regal Twins. In the 1960s it was converted into a five screen complex before closing in 1986. The lease of the abandoned property was obtained by the Northern Ballet School in 1990. In collaboration with The Dancehouse Theatre they restored the building to its former Art Deco splendour. One cinema was converted into the Dancehouse Theatre and the other 4 cinemas became dance studios. The refurbished building was re-opened by HRH Princess Margaret in 1994.

Pevsner is dismissive: "dull". By the BBC's chief architect, R.A. Sparks, c1975.I doubt that post still exists. It looks like long bands of ribbed white concrete and strip windows. It closed in 2011 when the BBC relocated to Salford Quays.

Looking south-east. Bottom left is the old BBC building on Oxford Road (Image]). Further away along Oxford Road is the cluster of university buildings. On the skyline must be the hills of the Peak District.

A copy of the Tardis in the foyer of the BBC studios in Manchester. Smaller than the real thing, in a lighter blue, and made of plywood.

At the junction with Charles Street, Oxford Street becomes Oxford Road. The vacant plot on the opposite corner is the site of the since demolished BBC New Broadcasting House.

Shops and the Dancehouse Theatre, by Pendleton & Dickinson, 1929-30. Clad in beige faience, and more impressive inside than out. Grade II listed. A cinema was here until the 1980s, the Northern Ballet School restored it in the 1990s.

Bullocks Coaches' "Oxford Road Link" Volvo B5LH (BU11 OCS) is passed by Stagecoach In Manchester Alexander Dennis Enviro400 (19499, MX09 ASZ) on Oxford Road.

BBC New Broadcasting House, The regional headquarters of BBC North West on Oxford Road, was officially opened by Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1976. The building is due to close in 2011 when BBC North West will relocate to the BBC's new northern "media hub" at MediaCity:UK, currently under construction at Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. Update: The building was vacated in November 2011 when the BBC completed its move to MediaCityUK and, less than a year later, was just a pile of rubble (Image]).

Looking along Manchester's Oxford Road (A34). The skyline is dominated by the tower of the Palace Hotel (formerly the Refuge Assurance Building) just beyond the railway bridge. The Grade II listed building, at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street, originally designed and built between 1891–1895 for the Refuge Assurance Company. The 217 foot high tower was added in 1910–1912. The building remained occupied by The Refuge Assurance Company until 1987. It was converted to a hotel in 1996, and is now the Palace Hotel. http://www.principal-hayley.com/venues-and-hotels/the-palace-hotel Palace Hotel website