John Lewis Car Park

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

...is to be demolished, according to BBC News:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-61971809

Edited June 30, 2022 by Jeffrey Shaw

[RollingJ 2,042]

16 minutes ago, Jeffrey Shaw said:

...is to be demolished, according to BBC News:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-61971809

What's the John Lewsi Car Parl??🤣

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

1 minute ago, RollingJ said:

What's the John Lewsi Car Parl??🤣

Evidence of a lack of typing skills.

Whereas the John Lewis Car Park, as any fule kno, is the useful (and therefore to be demolished) feature.

A shame.

[RollingJ 2,042]

I knew wot it wuz - but are you saying SCC could be telling porkies?

[crookesey 635]

It would be very difficult to demolish the car park in isolation.

[HeHasRisen 3,405]

The department store next to it should be knocked down at the same time really, although i think its full of asbestos.

[AndrewC 307]

On 30/06/2022 at 17:15, Jeffrey Shaw said:

Whereas the John Lewis Car Park, is the useful..

It had it's time, but it's now actually more of a hinderance to the area, not a benefit.

 

• It's old, and it's structural integrity is dubious
• It's dimensions and internal layout mean it's lacking compared to more modern MSCPs, including the ones built nearby in Sheffield city centre over the last few years - which in itself another weakness; whereas it once the only major MSCP in the area, ones on Arundel Gate & Eyre Street have usurped it.
• The area around it used to be fairly dead and unimportant so a faceless car park and access road didn't make much difference, but times have changed. With the new Heart of the City 2 development, the changes to Charter Square, the loss of John Lewis itself, the Radisson Hotel development which will face it on Burgess Street etc., etc., it's now no longer the place for a large, MSCP with no ground level activity, and drawing cars in along the access roads.
• Now John Lewis is closed, it's lost it's main USP.

 

Nah, a handful of people might still claim it has a good use but for most it's just an old car park in the way of developing something much more useful.

 

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

On 01/07/2022 at 17:53, AndrewC said:

but for most it's just an old car park in the way of developing something much more useful.

 

Like what? That's not yet been announced to the public, but do tell.

[Mr Bloke 1,445]

33 minutes ago, Jeffrey Shaw said:

Like what? That's not yet been announced to the public, but do tell.

Hmmm...

SCC vanity project #101...

[AndrewC 307]

21 hours ago, Jeffrey Shaw said:

Like what? That's not yet been announced to the public, but do tell.

Get over yourself, mate. If you want to be pedantic, no, we don't know what's happening with the site yet.

 

It's currently a disused, out-of-date, dilapidated department store and car park; even the most uninspiring block of flats and/or mixed-use development would still be a better use than [checks notes] nothing.

[ewanarm 22]

Think the idea is that by demolishing the car park would make the John Lewis building more attractive to a developer.

Personally think it is just a way of making Pinstone Street fully pedestrianised