'I have seen blood on the pavements - no wonder Curzon has closed on George Street' - Reader's letter
No-one in their right mind would want to walk around this area after dark
Full marks to the editor of The Star and her team for highlighting the loss to Sheffield from the closure of the Curzon Cinema, George Street.
The reason for closure has been given as declining audiences. But I suspect one of the key reasons for declining audiences, not referred to, is not the programming of the cinema – it is one of the best programmed cinemas in the region – but is the steep decline in the physical environment around it.
Approaching the Curzon from the High Street, using the cut-through near Lidl, one has regularly to run the gauntlet of those lying on the pavements, generally the worse for wear from alcohol and drugs.
And the doorways around the Curzon’s main entrance are regularly used by street dwellers as public urinals. The same is often true of the other approach to the Curzon from Norfolk Street.
Just recently things have got even worse with the installation of concrete bollards on George Street itself. It’s not surprising the Curzon has called 'Time'.
No-one in their right mind would want to walk around this area after dark – I have literally seen blood on the pavements here.
Sheffield city centre urgently requires pro-active management to halt and reverse this terrible decline, before it becomes an urban waste-land.
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