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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Helen William

Calls for imaginative reuse of stores facing disuse, decay or demolition

The beautiful buildings housing department stores whose trade has been punished in the pandemic can be rescued and given new uses, a report says.

A decade of online shopping and the impact of Covid-19 have brought a wave of high street closures, according to a report by conservation group Save Britain’s Heritage. It considers 18 buildings at serious risk of being permanently lost, along with 14 that have been rescued and revived.

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