I'm pretty sure one of those arches was used as a location in Prime Suspect? If I remember, the storyline was that someone had been held hostage and tortured?
I was annoyed when they built the new apartment block at the top of Jutland Street because a stone cart track down to the canal quietly disappeared (as things have a habit of doing in Manchester!).
It's sad to see these arches go. They could definitely be given a new use and the only reason they haven't is because up to now this has been such an out of the way street and no attempt was made to change that.