Council's Community Buildings Policy Proposals

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Just now, Irene Swaine said:

I stand by what I said. If they turn Haymarket in to flats, very few people will visit and the gangs will start to appear. Especially as there are already plenty of them a stone's throw away on Burngreave.

Why? Kelham Island is  closer and and have had many trouble free nights there.

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16 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

Camden and Islington are North London, not Central London. Being the Capital, they are able to achieve a balanced mix of tourists and inner city living. The walk from Camden through Kentish Town to King's Cross/Saint Pancras, I would highly recommend. But then London is the Capital city with a population of 8 million and Camden has strong music links that interest people and Islington has the famous assembly hall etc. 

 

What good has the apartments behind Atkinson's on The Moor done? I know someone who lived there who was chased with an axe by a smackhead. 

Redeveloped what was an empty, decaying ugly building former home to a long moved away tile supplier and kitchenware showroom.   

Brought additional student accommodation facilities to feed the ever hungry and demanding market. 

Brought some life to the area and help business to the nearby opened food, drinks and leisure facilities.  

Edited March 8 by ECCOnoob

[ECCOnoob]

15 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

No, not just shops and restaurants. For example, Paternoster Row has no shops and not much in the way of restaurants but has The Showroom, art galleries and HQs and is very much part of the city centre. If you make a place overrun with tower blocks, it stops being a city centre and becomes a suburb. Waingate is already desolate as it is. The new tower will kill off any hope of reviving it as part of the city centre. How many high street stores open underneath tower blocks? 

Not many - but it may have escaped your attention that traditional high street shopping has been in major decline for decades across the planet.   We have things called out of town shopping parks.  We have something called the internet these days.  

 

That is the exact reason why cities all over are evolving.  

[ECCOnoob]

26 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

Not in small cities like Sheffield. When does it stop becoming a city centre and start becoming a housing estate? What else will there be on Waingate when the new tower goes up? Argos gone, Wilko gone, B&M in trouble, KFC will be demolished. It will be a housing estate and Sheffield city centre will get smaller.

Says who?    Besides we are far from a "small city".    We are still the 7th biggest by population numbers,  6th biggest city regional area and 9th biggest size geographically. 

Last year our city economic growth rate was at 12.4% making Sheffield the second fastest growing economy in the country and fourth largest in student accommodation numbers. 

 

A city centre is not just some shopping mall.