Stoatwobbler 10 #1 Posted February 1, 2019 Sheffield makes the Grauniad, for all the wrong reasons. 🙁 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/01/everythings-leaving-can-sheffields-high-street-survive Quote According to a new Guardian analysis, over the last five years, while English and Welsh town centres have lost an average of 8% of their stores – itself a stark indicator of the crisis on British high streets – the city of Sheffield has lost 17.8%. The drop is nearly as bad in nearby Rotherham. Worst affected were clothing stores, specialist shops and restaurants. Some stores are doing better – there has been an increase in cafes, tattoo shops and hair and beauty salons, for example – but in Sheffield you can see the net effect. Fargate has lost an electronics store, a plus-size clothing retailers, a video games store and countless eateries. On nearby Devonshire Street, home to a warren of independent shops and an increasing number of places to get a new trim, ink or a soy latte, the busiest haunt on a January weekday is the 200 Degrees café. The blame for Sheffield’s retail decline has long been placed on Meadowhall. Since it opened in 1990, the huge shopping complex three miles (5km) outside the city centre has offered more shopping options under one roof, with free parking. Adding to the competition, last July a new £35m retail park boasting high street behemoths such as Wilko, Next and TK Maxx arrived in the suburb of Meadowhead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dutch 68 #2 Posted February 1, 2019 If places stay empty we could use them to give the homeless somewhere to stay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jamichi1 10 #3 Posted February 1, 2019 46 minutes ago, dutch said: If places stay empty we could use them to give the homeless somewhere to stay. I have been having for long the same idea. However, the question is, who will fund such a place - because it will need a lot of money to be run properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alarmingmark 32 #4 Posted February 1, 2019 Build on the parking areas , then hike the prices on existing parking ....what you going to do ....order on the internet...city centre no thanks ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol 577 #5 Posted February 1, 2019 "Countless eateries" on Fargate?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dutch 68 #6 Posted February 1, 2019 Emptyness can have something very beautiful and interesting about it. No need to cram city like crazy. The relaxed city centre is something I like very much about Sheffield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
northernboy 12 #7 Posted February 2, 2019 Which electronics store has gone from Fargate? and yes, countless eateries - countless because it’s zero? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
abbeyedges 81 #8 Posted February 2, 2019 The tattoo artist is unconvinced by the effects of on-line shopping. I'm nit sure how purchasing a tattoo on-line would work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
verydull 10 #9 Posted February 2, 2019 I think they included pinstone street and orchard square too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dutch 68 #10 Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) 37 minutes ago, verydull said: I think they included pinstone street and orchard square too It includes other cities, national research. I have always said that moving centre away from the tram is going to slowly kill it. I take train to Leeds now to start shopping there Edited February 2, 2019 by dutch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Albert smith 11 #11 Posted February 2, 2019 33 minutes ago, dutch said: It includes other cities, national research. I have always said that moving centre away from the tram is going to slowly kill it. Bang on ,get off the tram walk into the market area , thats called Town planning ,In most Cities that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Stoatwobbler 10 #12 Posted February 2, 2019 36 minutes ago, dutch said: It includes other cities, national research. I have always said that moving centre away from the tram is going to slowly kill it. I take train to Leeds now to start shopping there Thanks to Northern Rail and their incessant strikes, L**ds isn't really an option for me at present. On the other hand, there are a number of retail parks not far from me which are more convenient than Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley town centers. Not to mention Elsecar Heritage Centre for nice small shops. And when I lived in Dronfield I came to much prefer shopping in Chesterfield. For me, these days Cole Brothers is about the only thing worth visiting Sheffield town center for. This is a very bad thing. When you visit a town it's the town center that you judge the place on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...