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South Street, SHEFFIELD, S2 5QY

This distinctive landmark on the Sheffield skyline has recently become unoccupied and they will shortly start undergoing a lengthy revamp. At least for the time being, a large piece of advertising space!

These sections of the Park Hill flats have been refurbished by 'urbansplash'. A translucent banner carries the above wording, followed by "Homes & Workspaces from £90,000". The view is from beneath the Supertram bridge alongside Commercial Street.

Park Hill Flats in Sheffield dominates the City Centre. Work started in 1957 and the complex was built in many phases into the 1960's. Today the complex is Grade II listed having undergone much renovation.

Supertram track points at Park Square, Sheffield

This large development of block of flats, seen as a monstrous eyesore or 60s heritage depending on your standpoint, was given Grade II Listed status in 1998 but only now has the foreseen modernisation begun to see fruition. Here we see the north face of the building, which has been given a tidy-up and a splash of colour.

Hague Row seen across the tramway. The origin of the proposal message is explained at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-14444608 .

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.

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. See also: Image] and Image 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.

1960's development, now a grade II listed building.