1676 x 1059 px | 28,4 x 17,9 cm | 11,2 x 7,1 inches | 150dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
août 1982
Lieu:
Sheffield, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
The infamous Park Hill Estate, Sheffield - built between 1957 and 1961 as a Utopian "City in the Sky" - now Grade II listed. A collection of 1970s-80s cars in the foreground. Note the old church dwarfed by the modern blocks. The 995 Park Hill flats and maisonettes, 4 pubs and 31 shops were built in 4 ranges linked by bridges across the upper decks. The ranges were canted at obtuse angles to maximise the panoramic views across the city and the southern Pennines. The concept of the flats was described as streets in the sky. There were four street decks, wide enough for milk floats, with large numbers of front doors opening onto them. This was a key concept of the design. Each deck of the structure, except the top one, has direct access to ground level at some point on the sloping site. Taken using a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera.
