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A towering imposition



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Well what can one say but does the greed of the company behind the Velocity Towers know no bounds?
Not content with building a 22-storey eyesore that local residents objected to in the first place, now they want to increase its height by around a third.

They say that it would have a great view round all of Sheffield.

But I look at it from a different view and think that people coming into Sheffield will be saying what the h—ll is that thing stuck up there?

What do you think? post your comments below.

By the way, where did the wind turbines suddenly spring from?

It's plain to see that if they had applied for a 32-storey building in the first place, they would have encountered a lot more opposition.

Let's not forget that this building overlooks several council-owned estates. Wwhat about their privacy?

To conclude, are our elected councillors on the planning committee going to have the guts to stand up and say: 'No. You applied for 22 and 22 is all you are going to get.'

We wait and see.
Ronald Parkin, Club Garden Road, Sharrow, Sheffield



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  • Last Updated: 14 May 2008 9:18 AM
  • Source: Sheffield Star
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crystal peaks man,

15/05/2008 15:09:09
I hope the company gets the go ahead to increase the height of this building,its time this city moved into the 21st century.
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A Williams,

Sheffield 26/05/2008 20:28:13
It's negative attitudes like Mr Parkin's, pining for yesteryear when everything was so much better that have helped Sheffield fall so far behind Manchester and Leeds economically. I'm afraid nothing remains the same. You either look to move forwards or you fall by the wayside.
For the first time in a generation Sheffield is actually moving forwards again. The sooner local people develop a positive 'can do' attitude and look forward to the future rather than living in the past, the sooner Sheffield will really start to see the benefits of 21st century economic affluence.
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Lewis Skinner,

SHEFFIELD 27/05/2008 03:10:07
Mr Parkin. Where do you get your "facts" from?

You state that "local residents objected to [the tower] in the first place". Where is the evidence?

The planning application has three comments - all were in favour of the tower.

As a - I suppose - more minor point, the application is to increase the building to 36 floors - tha's over half, not "around a third".

Do people look upon the Canary Wharf Tower or the 'Gherkin' in London and say "what the h-ll is that"? No. They recognise that these are the signs of a forward-thinking and economically safe city. The Same can be said of Beetham Tower and CIS Tower in Manchester, the Beetham West in Liverpool, Bridgewater Place and the soon-to-be Lumiere in Leeds, and the Holloway Circus Tower Birmingham. It's time the UK's fourth city joined them
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Lincs Owl,

BRIGG 27/05/2008 16:53:58
Mr Parkin should go to Specsavers in future.
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Goldie2,

02/06/2008 11:56:09
Mr Parkin is half right - not all developments are good, and there are developers who are looking to take more out of the city than the buildings which they construt give to it. But it shows extremely poor judgement to say that Velocity Tower is one of those developments. This is a building that could stand in New York, Hong Kong or Frankfurt and not look out of place, while at the same time it complements Sheffield's own natural beauty. The challenge for us is to learn to set aside developments which add nothing to the city and cheer developments - like this one - which help Sheffield to step forward and take its rightful place as Yorkshire's first city.
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