{"id":32660,"date":"2021-03-04T10:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=32660"},"modified":"2021-03-04T10:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:05:01","slug":"arbourthorne-resident-slams-park-hill-renovators-urban-splash-for-developing-yuppie-style-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/04\/arbourthorne-resident-slams-park-hill-renovators-urban-splash-for-developing-yuppie-style-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbourthorne resident slams Park Hill renovators Urban Splash for developing \u2018yuppie-style apartments\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester-based builders Urban Splash are adding upwards of 200 more units on the Grade II listed Park Hill complex by Autumn 2021, having already opened 656 flats on the site since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme has been poorly received by many residents in and near the Park Hill estate, claiming the program is taking away too many affordable homes.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Jones, 40, a nearby resident, has criticised the regeneration company for creating \u2018yuppie-style apartments\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cWhen I first learnt that the Park Hill flats had been remodelled to create yuppie-style apartments, I was mortified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA complex that was built to house poor families is being tarted up and sold off to middle-class millennials. The original structure was as hideous as it was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32665\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32665\" class=\"wp-image-32665 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/park_hill_phase2_cgi_courtyard_5d53fffa318cbb08ebfd709f79e655e4-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: <em>Urban Splash<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Urban Splash sparked controversy in early February when they removed the iconic \u2018I love you will u marry me\u2019 bridge graffiti as part of the redevelopment project.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Jones said: \u201cThe graffiti was as much a part of our cultural history in the city as this complex of maisonette-style flats and the na\u00efve, failed attempt at a communist way of living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was something that everyone adored and would enjoy retelling visitors passing through our green metropolis, and now it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32664\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32664\" class=\"wp-image-32664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/IMG_3307-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-32664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: <em>@wholmesjourno<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will never get it back, as anything else would only be an imitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The writing appeared in 2001 when a man known as \u2018Jason\u2019 proposed to his then girlfriend, Clare Middleton, who passed away six years later.<\/p>\n<p>Urban Splash insists that once the renovation is completed, the graffiti will be replaced in the same location \u2018in consultation with all concerned\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Jones also said: \u201cIt was and still is a unique landmark, but also a blot on the landscape that is very difficult not to love in its brutal concrete starkness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, if you\u2019re a romantic at heart, like so many Sheffielders are, there\u2019s something undeniably beautiful about the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The writing was seemingly immortalised in the late 2000s with neon tubing during Urban Splash\u2019s initial redevelopment stages, but was questioned by some for \u2018fetishising\u2019 the area\u2019s poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200 more refurbished units are to be completed on the site by Autumn 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":32663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,41,21,82],"tags":[178,179,180,181,182,183],"class_list":["post-32660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-environment","category-news","category-top-story","tag-apartments","tag-housing","tag-i-love-you-bridge","tag-landmarks","tag-park-hill","tag-park-hill-flats"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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