Entrance to the Winter Gardens
In 1990 the Meadowhall shopping centre was built on the edge of Sheffield, on the site of an old steel works. It was hoped Meadowhall would bring jobs and greater prosperity to the city. During the 1980s many steel factories had closed and thousands of jobs had been lost as production moved abroad where labour costs were cheaper. Although Sheffield still manufactures specialised steel, far fewer people are now employed in manufacturing than 50 years ago while many more have jobs in service industries.
The Meadowhall site (Figure 1) was chosen carefully for the following reasons:
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