Monthly Archives: April 2016
On Mayors, Mayor making, and representing York
![Plaque](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/300414-mansion-house-plaque-P4303051-1200-1024x774.jpg)
Ending the ‘April daily photo’ outside the Mansion House, with thoughts on Mayor-making, and memories of YCFC celebrations here in a previous year.
More …Friday noticeboard: geese, Museum Gardens, etc
![By the Ouse, 4 July 2007. I've been admiring the geese for some years now.](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/goose-ouse-040707-DSCF1976-1200-1024x979.jpg)
Geese, and access to the Museum Gardens. And the City of York Council Executive meeting, where these things were discussed.
More …Aviva building ‘ghost signs’ (April daily photo 29)
![Aviva building, 2 Rougier St, reminders of old signage, April 2016](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/240416-for2904-aviva-building-ghostsigns-P4246503-1500-1024x776.jpg)
Reminders of old signage: ‘ghost signs’ in sooty shadows on the former Aviva building (General Accident), Rougier Street.
More …Reflections on Micklegate (April daily photo 28)
Goose scrutinising: daily photo 27
![Greylag goose, Memorial Gardens, York, April 2016](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/240416-for2704-greylag-goose-york-P4246592-1000.jpg)
As the ‘problem geese’ issue is on the agenda, asking how much of a problem they are really, and appreciating their presence by the river.
More …Museum Gardens: ownership and access
![Plaque on Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens, 26 April 2016](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/260416-yorks-museum-gardens-plaque-P4266603-1200-1024x667.jpg)
This land is your land, this land is my land … or is it? Will we always have free access to the Museum Gardens?
More …Hudson House: offices to flats
![1960s concrete office block](http://yorkstories.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/240416-for2504-hudson-house-from-walls-P4246521-800.jpg)
We turn our attention to Hudson House, another 1960s office block, and plans for much of it to be converted to residential use.
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