Schrom hills park articles
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"I lived at Sheffield's famous Park Hill flats during the 1970s and it was brilliant"
Sheffield’s Park Hill flats were famously branded the ‘streets in the sky’ when the futuristic development was completed in 1961. The high-rise blocks were initially hugely popular before undergoing a dramatic decline, growing dilapidated and becoming plagued by crime and anti-social behaviour. Today, following a dramatic turnaround, Park Hill is one of the city’s most desirable places in which to live. Sign up for newsletters from The Star Heather Harrison, a retired post office counter...
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"I visited Sheffield's other 'streets in the sky' where life is a world apart from Park Hill"
When Sheffield’s Hyde Park flats were completed in the mid-1960s they left those at Park Hill, below, in their literal and metaphorical shade. A hulking presence atop the hill overlooking Sheffield city centre, the new estate comprised 1,313 homes, compared with 995 at their little sister. In the six decades since, their paths have diverged radically. Both were feted upon completion as the homes of the future before entering a period of sharp decline as they suffered from antisocial behaviour...
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Ease Bistro opening in North Little Rock's Park Hill on Friday
There’s a new Friday night dinner option in North Little Rock’s Park Hill neighborhood: Erika Gee, host of a popular supper club, is opening Ease Bistro this Friday night in a cottage space right off JFK Boulevard at 100 West B Ave.