Exchange Square (Manchester)
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Exchange Square is located in Manchester, United Kingdom. The square was heavily redeveloped after the IRA bombing of the city centre in 1996. This reconstruction included the moving of a pub (by crane) to make room for the new Marks & Spencer store.
Today the square is a major upscale shopping area including a branch of Selfridges, The upmarket shopping centre The Triangle, a new entrance to the Manchester Arndale, including the world's largest Next store The Printworks, and a number of pubs. The Triangle has a BBC Big Screen television attached to it and there has been a temporary ferris wheel in the centre of the square over the Christmas period for the last two years.