Park Hill estate, Sheffield, by Hawkins Brown with Studio Egret West

Stage 1 of the redevelopment, seen from the north-west.

Source: Daniel Hopkinson

The apartments of the regenerated Park Hill are a world away from 1961’s socially conscious streets in the sky. Here, BD looks at how Sheffield’s iconic housing block has echoed 50 years of Britain shifting political moods

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