Inside the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library
Inside the usually boarded-up Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library, admiring its handsomeness, and the view from the window on the stairs
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Cocoa Works: plans for Rowntree factory buildings
Notes and photos from an exhibition of plans for the Cocoa Works (Rowntree factory buildings). An added bit on the top, the road through, and what might happen to the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library
More …‘Castle Gateway’ and the Castle car park, 1947-2017
Looking at earlier plans for building on the Castle car park, by Clifford’s Tower, in the light of recent plans for the ‘Castle Gateway’ scheme. Aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s, the Esher report, and Coppergate II.
More …Let’s hang on to Bootham Park: your views needed – now
Last chance to respond: where should York’s new mental health hospital be? Somewhere central, or stuck out of town? Your views needed, by 16 January
More …Demolition of North Lodge, Clifton
Demolition of North Lodge, a remnant of the former North and East Ridings Asylum (Clifton Hospital).
More …Clifford’s Tower, again, and its car park
Looking from above at the land occupied by car park to one side of Clifford’s Tower, thoughts on alternatives, and more historical perspective.
More …Clifford’s Tower: update
An update on the public reaction to and coverage of the plans for Clifford’s Tower. And wondering if anyone who isn’t outraged would like to comment …
More …Clifford’s Tower: past, present, future
‘Enabling better physical and intellectual access’ — the plans for Clifford’s Tower, with historical notes and present-day observations.
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