Park Hill flats- urban issues

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  • Old flats:
    Battered, worn down
    High crime rates
    Eyesore
    Graffiti
    Poor noise insulation
  • New flats:
    Concrete cleaned
    Colourful panels
    New windows
    New air conditioning units
    Changed architecture
    Europe's largest listed building
    Represents a new beginning
  • positives:
    No longer an eye sore
    Become high profile venue
    The Scottish queen pub now hosts a range of exhibitions
    Popular with the business community
    2 minute walk from the train station
  • negatives:
    Regeneration was slow
    The cost of the flats are now unaffordable
    Lots of the original residents would like to live there, but can't as there's only less than a 1/3 that are social flats and they're full
  • Why regeneration was needed:
    Built in 1961
    Sheffield's steel industry collapsed
    In 1984, unemployment in Sheffield was at 15%
    High levels of crime
    Neglected properties were run down, infested with cockroaches
    It became a 'no go area' at night due to it being so dangerous
  • Positives:
    The flats were no longer an eye sore
    Popular with the buisness community (digital sectors with 200 businesses on site)
    High profile venue (music Festival)
  • Negatives:
    Lots of the original residents wish to return, but can't due to less than a third being social flats, and there's not enough room
    £90,000 for a one bedroom flat
    Regeneration is slow in areas of the development still boarded up
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