It was Twenty Years Ago Today …
A brief update, after a long period of offline time, on the 20th anniversary of my first York Walk, with my first digital camera, in 2004.
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Library lawn to mini-golf course?
Looking at a controversial planning application to install a mini-golf course, for 7 years, near the Multangular Tower, on library lawn.
More …Goodbye Bootham Crescent
A brief personal goodbye to Bootham Crescent, former home of York City FC, as demolition begins.
More …Progress on Duncombe Barracks site
The Duncombe Barracks housing development: one of the city’s most significant sites. Site clearance work has begun. Photos and notes from a recent visit.
More …Spring equinox wanderings, Bootham Stray
In search of springtime green, in the open land beyond the factory. Bootham Stray wander, and gathering nettle-tops, on the spring equinox.
More …Review of the year, 2021
Year in review: notes and thoughts on planning decisions and other local matters of interest I wasn’t able to cover at the time.
More …From Cocoa Works to Cocoa West
Along the cycle track by the old Rowntree factory, remembering Rowntree Halt, and looking at ‘Cocoa West’, then and now.
More …Cocoa Works progress
Checking on the progress of the Cocoa Works development, converting the former Rowntree factory building into residential accommodation.
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