We asked 'Has the Heart of the City development made a difference to Sheffield city centre?'

We asked 'Has the Heart of the City' development made a difference to Sheffield city centre?

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00:00Do you think the Sheffield Heart of the City project has made a difference?

00:04I think building-wise there are some improvements but yet

00:07we've got to see the realisation of how the retail units are filled up first.

00:12Do you think it looks better then?

00:14Yeah, aesthetically pleasing. Some of the buildings were

00:18past the date of repair and everything and needed replacing, yeah.

00:24Do you think the Heart of the City project in Sheffield has made any difference to the City

00:28Yeah, there's a lot more shops, there's a lot more lively around the city centre area,

00:32especially with like, the only thing to do really was the mall but now there's a lot

00:36more to do around it. Do you think that the Sheffield Heart of the City project

00:41has made any difference? Yeah, I do, yeah. I think it's invested a lot into things people

00:46can do in the city, attracted some new people to come visit and contributed to

00:51the many food awards that Sheffield's won this year. Do you think the Sheffield Heart

00:57of the City project has made any difference? It definitely has, yes, because it's brought

01:02a lot more people into this side of the city and there's lots more cafes and things like that

01:08opening up now which are all different and varied so I'm enjoying it around here now,

01:13it's really pleasant. Do you think that the Sheffield Heart of the City project

01:19has made any difference? Well it has, we've got pretty buildings but it's difficult to

01:25get into the city, I think the council don't want cars and traffic to be in town so you have to

01:31find alternative ways of getting here. We've come in the car and there aren't that many places now

01:38really are there? No, that's the problem. Particularly on the streets, it's very expensive to park as well.

01:43I do appreciate the architecture, I do think it's made a massive

01:47impact, it's really good. There are so many buildings empty though, so many offices empty.

01:52It's just as if someone said let's put some offices up and then try and fill them.