Holgate Villa, a 1950s office block built by British Rail for their staff. Background and recent history, including abandoned plans to demolish the building, which is now being converted to residential accommodation.
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A boarded-up pub in Burton Stone Lane, and the bigger issues, in Clifton and across the city.
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Former Nonconformist places of worship in York, and their reuse in various ways. Ebenezer Chapel, Monk Bar Chapel, York Central Mission Hall.
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Currently ‘under offer’, the former Trinity Chapel, more recently the city’s fire station, with a fancy face still towards Peckitt Street.
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The premises licence application taped to the pillars at the front of the former Groves Chapel in recent days.
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The Salvation Army citadel on Gillygate, for sale in 2014, pictured in 2004, and with its band in 1931. Thoughts on its possible reuse.
More …Yesterday, while searching for something else, I stumbled upon a video on YouTube I don’t remember seeing before. It dates from July 2009.
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The Corner House, Burton Stone Lane, closing today. To become a Tesco store. Photos and video from its last month.
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