Park Hill in Sheffield is a 1960s housing estate built as part of an effort to clear slums after the war. At the time it was deemed an emblem of social change. However, by the 1990s families had moved out, crime had moved in and the facade had deteriorated.
A £100m regeneration project is restoring the building to its Brutalist glory. Now, 700 people live and work on the estate. There is a 30,000sq ft workspace for digital and creative businesses and a rolling exhibition programme. A new musical based on the history of the housing estate, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, is sold out at Sheffield’s theatres.
Festival of Pineapples
25-27 February
Pineapples prize giving night
March
Pineapples at Festival of Place
2 July
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