The New Moor Market

[cuttsie]

went in the new market yesterday, the food area was an improvement but its no way as good as the caste market cuttsie was right the money should have been spent on updating the old market

 

Time will tell and I will bet Nuffields millions that in two or three years we will be getting letters in the Star ruing the day they shifted the Market area.

 

Still neer mind we can amble around the battlements of the freshly uncovered Castle and gaze across the Don at Hancock and Lants.

[JR hartley]

Time will tell and I will bet Nuffields millions that in two or three years we will be getting letters in the Star ruing the day they shifted the Market area.

 

Still neer mind we can amble around the battlements of the freshly uncovered Castle and gaze across the Don at Hancock and Lants.

 

exactly! the problem has just been moved nearer to the affluent side, give it a year maybe less, the artisan traders will have gone bust by then and been replaced by more and more cheap tat and how long before the council reduce or subsidise the stall rents to stop trader exodus?

[dutch]

went in the new market yesterday, the food area was an improvement but its no way as good as the caste market cuttsie was right the money should have been spent on updating the old market

 

Round Sheffield there are several places where old concrete is bulging with rotting reinforcement inside. You can't update that.

[999tigger]

wilkinsons have a shop less than 800 yards away

 

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whats is dissapointing is the down and outs seem to be following the market

 

What are you basing this on? The market has been open for two days. The moor was buzzing when i went there with people going for a look. Too busy to notice the down and outs. Were you there doing a survey?

 

As for Wilkinsons it is a much smaller branch for the students. People are not going to walk across the main roads just to go there.

 

 

Theres scope for another twenty stalls. If they are all new and more specialist food retailers, then people might get their wish. It could just become a massive food hall. A decent deli or baker needs 2x as much space as the larget unit imo or equibalent to 4 units.

 

Its a shame they skimped on the second floor/ balcony because the food outlets could have gone up there and had more space, thus releasing much more space for other stalls. Nail salon, photographer, hairdresser were all better placed to be out of the way.

[cuttsie]

Round Sheffield there are several places where old concrete is bulging with rotting reinforcement inside. You can't update that.

You can refurbish any building that is standing .

The concrete on the Castle Market is as good as the day it was cast.

[Agent Orange]

I noticed a lot of younger people in there the other day, mainly students (especially Chinese). The market seems to be attracting new customers and with it, probably it's longer term survival. It's great that it's branching out to the new as well as the old.

[oldprune]

I noticed a lot of younger people in there the other day, mainly students (especially Chinese). The market seems to be attracting new customers and with it, probably it's longer term survival. It's great that it's branching out to the new as well as the old.

 

There seems to be a lot of folk just curious to look around rather than there to buy. Time will tell after the novelty has worn off.

It does seem much smaller than the old market.

 

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You can refurbish any building that is standing .

The concrete on the Castle Market is as good as the day it was cast.

 

It didn't seem to cause a problem at Park Hill Flats.

[Agent Orange]

There seems to be a lot of folk just curious to look around rather than there to buy. Time will tell after the novelty has worn off.

It does seem much smaller than the old market.

 

I think it will keep going strong, especially as more shops open around it... encouraging people to visit.

 

You are right regarding it's size... it seems smaller than old market.

[morrisminor]

I noticed a lot of younger people in there the other day, mainly students (especially Chinese). The market seems to be attracting new customers and with it, probably it's longer term survival. It's great that it's branching out to the new as well as the old.

 

are you sure they are new customers or ones that used to shop at castle market? sounds like you are describing the clientele at CM in recent years.

[anywebsite]

You can refurbish any building that is standing .

The concrete on the Castle Market is as good as the day it was cast.

 

Not really. The concrete might still be good, but the design was all wrong from the start, so the concrete is in all the wrong places. It's on too many different levels, too many steps, it kept a lot of the old & disabled out. It was too dark, little natural light got in. Ventilation was poor. It always stunk & attracted flies. It needed more than a bit of refurbishment & what would happen to the market while it was being refurbished?

 

I agree that it's a shame it's not still in the traditional markets area, but Castle Market is only fit for demolition. Maybe they could've demolished Wilko's & put it there instead, but it's too late now, the new one is open.

 

The new market is not so bad, a lot of the same traders are there with newer improved stalls & there are a few new ones too. It's all on ground level, easy for anybody to get around. It's bright, fresh & clean.

 

It's smaller, but most of Castle Market was empty. A lot of the stalls were closed yesterday when I went, but I heard they've all been rented & some are just taking a bit longer to open.

Edited November 27, 2013 by anywebsite