Sheffield was my nearest city when I was growing up in South Yorkshire and we would travel there on the bus as I was growing up, when there were still large areas that were cleared and demolished but not yet build on - possibly even since WWII.
All that has changed now. As I've returned periodically (and particularly since 2008, when I first started working for the GA, the city is being reshaped and redeveloped and many familiar roads have been rerouted, or pedestrianised, or removed completely. The Town Hall has been demolished and replaced (possibly twice) and plenty of new buildings created or planned. The area around the GA's HQ has of course been through a lot of redevelopment.
Good for those teaching in, or about the city or urban regeneration more generally.
I like this graphic as well - it sums the city up well and good to see the Tinsley Towers get a mention:
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