We’ve dipped back in time to see how the Peace Gardens and Pinstone Street have changed over the years – including the demolition of the Egg Box in the early 2000s. Can you remember when the city centre looked like this?
5. Egg Box and Peace Gardens
January 2002 - and the Town Hall extension slowly crumbles. Photo: Andrew Partridge (Staff)
6. Egg Box and Peace Gardens
The bus shelters near the Peace Gardens in Pinstone Street, Sheffield, in 1959 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
7. Egg Box and Peace Gardens
The Egg Box's futuristic design split opinion when it was built in the mid 70s. Photo: Submitted
8. Egg Box and Peace Gardens
The Peace Gardens as they looked in 1975. Photo: Ellen Beardmore