I realise it probably looks as if I’m not investing much effort in these pages at the moment, as I’m not posting that often and seem to be mentioning mainly Lendal Bridge. Please be assured that a host of postings wait in the wings, including some really nice old photographs … More …
In which I pretend to be a visitor to the city. Is the Lendal Bridge closure signage helpful and clear for visitors? Not really, it seems.
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Seems like a good time for an update on the Lendal Bridge ‘trial’, prompted by recent comments.
In case readers missed the beginning of all this, it’s called a ‘trial’ because it’s said to be an … More …
Visiting the familiar interior of York Minster, seeing it in an unfamiliar light, via Illuminating York. Modern art in an ancient place. The nave, emptied of chairs, filled with art, by Black Rose urban art collective.
More …I’d read that this was ‘a bit pagan in parts‘, and as soon as we stepped through the gates into the Treasurer’s House garden I found myself saying ‘I see what they mean’.
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Recently all eyes have been on Lendal Bridge. A less glamorous bridge deserves our attention: Clifton Bridge. This week marked 50 years since it opened. It’s likely this bridge will be bearing an extra load, of all the traffic diverted from Lendal Bridge.
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Ancient and modern, illuminated, at the end of Parliament Street. One of the smaller supporting pieces in the Illuminating York festival, and behind it the beautiful lantern tower of All … More …
