Do you approve of plans to demolish Sheffield's Salvation Army Citadel apart from the facade?
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00:00 I think that has been around for many years. I think how many more office blocks do you need?
00:04 Do you know what I mean? So maybe it'd be better to preserve the whole building
00:08 rather than just the facade. It's been empty for 25 years.
00:12 Empty for 25 years. So what is the purpose? Is it to keep it as some sort of heritage?
00:18 Do you know what I mean? Or is it just the front and nothing else? I mean,
00:24 either demolish it or keep the whole building. That's what I think, my opinion.
00:28 What would you like to see it used for? Maybe redecorate it. You know, I think
00:34 people like to see things that are traditional. Obviously, things are always changing, you know,
00:39 that can't be helped, you know. But it's obviously a stunt to test the time. It's still here. Do you
00:44 know what I mean? So maybe it'd be good to preserve, maybe redecorate it, give it a new
00:48 look rather than demolishing it or just keeping the front. Do you know what I mean? That's what
00:51 I think. Just keeping the front and then building an office block, it don't make sense to me.
00:56 The idea of retaining the facade is quite nice, actually, because it is part, presumably,
01:02 of the history of Sheffield and shows the architectural style of the time.
01:09 What about demolishing the rest of the building?
01:11 I don't know the condition of it, but that would seem to be almost inevitable, to be honest. But
01:19 it would depend on, you know, what the state of it is inside, really.
01:24 And the possible uses it could be used for. It has been empty for 25 years, so...
01:30 Which suggests that probably it's probably reached its sell-by date, but who knows?
01:35 Do you think a facade is probably the best way? I would have thought so, yeah.
01:40 What would you like to see behind it then? An office block is proposed.
01:44 It seems inevitable, but Sheffield is full of office blocks,
01:49 so I don't know what Sheffield needs, to be honest.
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