The John Lewis news is clearly bad for Sheffield, most of all for the staff. If the store does close it's a chance to rethink a key part of the city centre - but this is a fine building and should stay. Re-use, don't demolish. Some early ideas on why & what could come next...🧵 The greenest building is the one that already exists. So if we're serious about net zero we must stop always seeing demolition as the answer. Moreover, this is a high quality building that could lend itself to multiple creative new uses: retail, arts, hospitality & residential 2/