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Park Hill, South Street Park, Sheffield (2)
Park Hill is the only building to put Sheffield on the world map of architecture. Its slabs overlook the city like a C20th fortified wall. It embodies the idea of 'streets in the sky', an attempt to recapture the community spirit of the slums it replaced, its deck access famously wide enough to accommodate a milk float. As well as 994 flats, the estate included a shopping centre, laundry, police station, four pubs, and, later, a primary school with playground. Park Hill was built in 1957-61 and designed by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith. Grade II* listed.
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The architecture has taken the rap for the usual neglect and social problems which have since beset the estate. Trendy developers Urban Splash were commissioned to renovate it, including partial privatisation. The obligatory brightly-coloured panels delineate those areas that have been 'splashed'. The bare concrete sections can only watch and await their fate.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 10 Jun 2012
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Sheffield: Park Hill flats from Park Square
Image: © Helena Hilton
Taken: 7 Jul 2012
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Park Hill Estate
The recently renovated flats seen from Fitzalan Square / Pond's Forge tram stop
Image: © Keith Edkins
Taken: 11 Mar 2011
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Evening light reflected in the windows of Park Hill flats
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 20 Feb 2015
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Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 3 May 2014
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Park Hill Flats
Viewed here from the side of the tramway, the high-rise council housing estate, Park Hill, was built between 1957 and 1961. In 1998, it was given Grade II* listed building status, the largest listed building in Europe. The estate is currently being renovated by developers Urban Splash, following a long period of decline.
For more details (and the story behind the “Will U Marry Me?” slogan) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Hill,_Sheffield (Wikipedia).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 Apr 2012
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Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 13 Apr 2016
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Park Hill Flats, 1987
This image of Park Hills Flats in the centre of Sheffield was taken in the Spring of 1987. The car park on the right is now Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The original photograph has been scanned. Park Hill is now an upmarket set of flats.
Image: © Dave Pickersgill
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Park Hill Flats - a corner
Park Hill is a council housing estate in Sheffield. It was built between 1957 and 1961, and in 1998 was given Grade II* listed building status.Following a period of perceived decline, the estate is being renovated by developers Urban Splash into a mostly private mixed-tenure estate made up of homes for market rent, private sale, shared ownership, work spaces and student housing while around a quarter of the units in the development will be social housing.
Image: © Neil Theasby
Taken: 17 Jan 2020
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Herd of Sheffield: Our City, Our Home
No. 2 of 58 sculptures, this one was decorated by Alan Pennington and is located at Park Hill. http://www.herdofsheffield.com/
Image: © Graham Hogg
Taken: 23 Sep 2016
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