http://yorkstories.co.uk/2004-2014-demolitions-residential-development/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://yorkstories.co.uk/2004-2014-demolitions-residential-development/#comment-159929 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:42:12 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=7302#comment-159929 I’ve noticed an interesting building is visible from the same Bootham Row car park, with what looks like a green roof of some kind, and I think it must be in the grounds of Bootham School. And I’m sorry to hear that the school’s view outwards has been blighted, something I think is increasingly common as we replace low ‘human scale’ buildings with massively tall ones. The same is no doubt going to happen in Piccadilly when the various old garage buildings there are replaced by huge light-blocking developments.

]]> http://yorkstories.co.uk/2004-2014-demolitions-residential-development/#comment-159903 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:26:05 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=7302#comment-159903 The Bootham Row buildings that were demolished perhaps were not particularly special. But the new flats aren’t, either – and their rear elevation, seen from Bootham School, looks like a prison. And it blocks the view of the Minster…hey ho. Why don’t people just build more interesting buildings?

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