Th homes on Infirmary Road were meant to replace the back to back terrace houses that had been torn down in the 1960s in a bid to get rid of the slum living but the two 13-storey blocks containing 948 flats – which at the time were state of the art design – soon became a den for crime and anti social behaviour.
In the early 1990s Sheffield City Council called time on the flats once and for all and announced they would be demolished.
What are your memories of the flats?
Take a look back at the flats in their heyday and then and as they fell into disrepair and were finally demolished in this retro gallery.
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4. Streets in the sky
The four walkways were known as streets in the sky Photo: Sheffield newspapers