 Situated between West Sunniside and Norfolk Street is the old General Post Office building, now converted to residential use.As the economic fortunes of Sunderland waned in the 1980s, however, many of the lucrative businesses left Sunniside and many others moved westward to new locations in the city centre and out of town, leaving the area to become plagued by urban decay.In the late 1990s, the Sunniside district was earmarked by the local council as a priority for urban renewal.