DS "it looks quite aged for something that was built this year."

Well done, the whole point of set design. They need to make it look like it's been standing for more than five minutes. Lmao.

True, I think they meant, they've done a good job of aging it up though :laugh: I like how everything looks a little mismatched, the current area of the street can look too perfect.

How on earth is Roy still in business?

I think my problem with it is the same one I have with Turpin Road in EE. It's all crammed in a tiny corner making it look too unreal.

The tiny random garden makes it look even faker. :/

Also when did Zeedan open a curry house? I thought it was like a burger van?

That's true, I guess its supposed to be a precinct. I do think the Police Station is supposed to be elsewhere in Weatherfield, they have a big blue fence that they can close next to the station, and there's a dead end sign on Victoria Street

https://i.imgur.com/goqt1m9l.png

Looks like Robert finally got around to that refurb

https://i.imgur.com/qU2roucl.jpg

also, get your Vanex and Swarvo cards ready before getting on the tram
https://i.imgur.com/JTg7Zi0l.jpg

Inside soap spotted this little Doctor Who easter egg
https://i.imgur.com/1VI3SL7.jpg

Is the street always supposed to have been that close to a precinct?

Where does Victoria Street lead passed the park? A dead end?

Viaduct Bistro :joker:

Suppose it beats Rob & Michelle's or something.

What is the warehouse supposed to be? Abandoned?

The road turns right, and the set ends just beyond where you can see. I think this area is always supposed to have been here, though maybe it's just been redeveloped? Would explain the scaffold in universe, lol. It's a good idea to give the Bistro a name that doesn't include a character's name, it's changed far too many times. The Joinery, Nick's Bistro, Just Nick's then back to Nick's Bistro lol

I think the ground floor of the warehouse is the Estate agents, and there are a few apartments above it.

Yeah I liked it as the Joinery. Even though it only lasted one night. [emoji23] Good name.

I thought The Joinery was perfect, was a callback to when it was Turner's Joinery for 10 years :laugh: plus it didn't feel too out of place

Oddly, when the set was first built, this facade existed, but never appeared on screen
https://i.imgur.com/1qOtkjSl.png

Oh did we never see that on screen?

I don't think we did, when the show first moved, they purposefully didnt do wide shots, as they thought it would confuse people lol. I think it was soon covered up with scaffold for a few year. Which makes sense, since they first started designing the extension four weeks or so after finishing the new set, lol.

Was it only after finishing they thought "ooh we have loads of space let's make more" [emoji23]

Is it more to scale like the houses?

I think they just wanted to get the street done before thinking of doing more lol. I think everything on the street now is lifesize, whereas the old set used to be tiny

I suppose these are just photos and will expose the fakery and look very set-like. It'll probably look more convincing within the show itself as they will adopt filming techniques to hide things and we realise where, within the show, things are supposed to be.

One change that will likely go unnoticed is, the Brewery extension (that they've been building since forever!)

https://i.imgur.com/VWVOzre.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C46qJoKWEAAMDXh.jpg

Aye, I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks in the show. I'm hoping they do some new titles too lol

Is that because the court facade is on the back of it?

I can't remember what it looked like before

I wish EE would get on with theirs.

The show could be so great but the BBC isn't interested.

I think they've made that building into a set workshop, where they build stuff for in the show :laugh:

They announced they were building a new set ages ago but I've heard nothing since then