For this project we were told to create a documentary based on a topic that we felt passionate about and affects our lives. As we thought about ideas, we came across the news about the demolition plans for independent shops on Devonshire Street. As we found out about this we immediately were keen to create a documentary around the topic as the Devonshire area has been apart of our lives; despite only moving to Sheffield a year ago it still made a big impact on us and feel the voice of independent shops should be shared.
Devonshire Street has been full of vibrant and quirky independent businesses that were a pleasure to walk past as you look through the window on your way to University or a casual day out. The area is a nice breakaway from the city's cement and mainstream high street chains that you come across in almost every city. Devonshire Green is the polar opposite of this with it's open green field and skatepark surrounded by independent shops and pubs, for example Race n Racy, Syd & Mallory and The Forum. Although Ark is not an independent business, one of it's stores was situated further down the road of Devonshire Street and has already closed down; signifying the beginning of the area being transformed.
We felt this topic is important to as we would look forward to the days where a group of us could go to Devonshire Area to relax and spend time together as well as explore all of the vintage shops. We feel it would ruin the colourful and independent image of Devonshire Street that it has been widely recognised as. So many cities are looking identical with mainstream high street chains such as Starbucks, Topshop and New Look whereas Devonshire Street features Rare n Racy, Syd and Mallory and The Green Room.
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