Retro: When Sheffield flats played host to world During the late 1980s, amidst the heated furore about whether Sheffield should or should not be staging the World Student Games, it was announced that student athletes would be accommodated in the notorious Block B of Hyde Park flats – once dubbed the city’s worst eye-sore. So, what about the residents in all four of the Hyde Park blocks of flats – A, B, C and D? How would the plans impact on them? Incredibly, by January 1990 a mammoth plan was developing and it was announced that the final residents had abandoned Hyde Park. At the same time details were outlined for the four blocks. Block A, with an £18 million Housing Corporation grant, was being turned into flats and maisonettes by the Northern Counties Housing Association. Block B, the largest in the complex, was undergoing a £2m refurbishment, paid for by games company Universiade GB. Perhaps surprisingly, it was also revealed the building would be demolished immediately afterwards and replaced with low-rise properties. Block C would house council flats after a £7.36m facelift. Block D was being privately developed and would be converted into homes to be put up for sale to the general public. The former tenants [...] sheffieldinnews/retro-when-sheffield-flats-played-host-to-world/
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