Sheffield City Centre - The Future

[ECCOnoob]

53 minutes ago, Organgrinder said:

And that is simply your personal taste too.

A Legoland city centre may suit you fine but many others are more discerning.

The old building, by the way, is the Catholic Cathedral of Sheffield and there must be many who would be offended by your casual dismissal of it.

Sorry, but if they are offended by my dismissal of a building that represents a controlling, backward, outdated (and let's face it often dubious) religious cult that is the Catholic church so be it.

 

Let's also not forget we are not talking about that building. That building is still there. It hasn't been pulled down, it hasn't been covered in vinyl, it hasn't been been blocked out from society it is still there.   

 

Your objection, and seemingly many of those for you claim may be offended, is anything being built near by a sacred Church which doesn't look exactly the same. Such a concept is totally preposterous in a city centre which like many others constantly evolves over time.  That, by the way, includes churches with many modern examples of church buildings  being  some real ugly monstrosities

 

I found it more offensive that some people still in this day and age think we are going to live like twee little peasant villages with nothing but the 'mighty' house of God showing any prominence.

 

Life moves on.

[Mr Bloke]

36 minutes ago, ECCOnoob said:

Sorry, but if they are offended by my dismissal of a building that represents a controlling, backward, outdated (and let's face it often dubious) religious cult that is the Catholic church so be it.

 

Let's also not forget we are not talking about that building. That building is still there. It hasn't been pulled down, it hasn't been covered in vinyl, it hasn't been been blocked out from society it is still there.   

 

Your objection, and seemingly many of those for you claim may be offended, is anything being built near by a sacred Church which doesn't look exactly the same. Such a concept is totally preposterous in a city centre which like many others constantly evolves over time.  That, by the way, includes churches with many modern examples of church buildings  being  some real ugly monstrosities

 

I found it more offensive that some people still in this day and age think we are going to live like twee little peasant villages with nothing but the 'mighty' house of God showing any prominence.

 

Life moves on.

Hmmm...

With such a blinkered vision of what people should find 'acceptable'...

... one might be excused for thinking you work for the Council.

[Bilge]

2 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

And that is simply your personal taste too.

A Legoland city centre may suit you fine but many others are more discerning.

The old building, by the way, is the Catholic Cathedral of Sheffield and there must be many who would be offended by your casual dismissal of it.

No it's St Matthews C of E Church, Carver St.

[HeHasRisen]

Just now, Bilge said:

No it's St Matthews C of E Church, Carver St.

🤣🤣

 

So enraged he got the wrong building. Outstanding stuff.

[Victor Meldrew]

3 hours ago, ECCOnoob said:

The building shown in the picture fits perfectly well as expected in any continually evolving City. It's hardly like it's gaudy bright pink or surrounded by neon lights.

It might as well be "gaudy bright pink". They've made no effort at all to tone down the brick colour to something like that used in the Art House. But to have allowed them to build so close to the church that it's virtually attached is what I find unforgivable.

 

Of course I've no idea who that other building belongs to. It may actually belong to the church, in which case I'll end up eating some humble pie.

[crookesey]

When I was in my teens I loved Sheffield CC with all it’s backwacks containing  clubs and discos, folk of my current age hadn’t a clue that these places existed. What we need is input from young folk, as they will be able to put us right, one way or the other.

[Guest]

On 02/03/2022 at 16:24, Bilge said:

No it's St Matthews C of E Church, Carver St.

And so it is, which makes me look very foolish and I accept this with grace.

This still doesn't alter the fact that the modern red brick, new building (and the building above it)  are  a disgrace to modern architecture and should have been designed to compliment  the Church and the building below it.

When you compare buildings in Sheffield  city centre, with those in cities all over Europe, no one would think that we once led the world and had an Empire on which the sun never set.

[Victor Meldrew]

Had a look the other day and the offending building (flats which are part of the Sainsburys building) is actually mortared onto the gorgeous old sandstone of the church. I have to conclude that the church must have given permission for this to happen, otherwise the developers were really taking the ****.

[hackey lad]

On 01/03/2022 at 20:07, Victor Meldrew said:

Planning?  How anyone in that official capacity could ever have given the green light to this unholy juxtaposition is beyond me 😬

 

 

Someone please tell me that is a good combination of old and new  . To me it looks like the new buildings are saying, come on time to go, we need more square shapes 

[E-Man Groovin]

New use for old John Lewis suggestion:

 

https://peterajohnson.substack.com/p/a-space-to-break-the-rules-of-modern?s=w