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Floods and a fire station: planning application

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The ‘lodge’ building on the fire station site, Peckitt Street. Flood risk means it is likely to be lost in the redevelopment of the site.

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Aviva building ‘ghost signs’ (April daily photo 29)

Aviva building, 2 Rougier St, reminders of old signage, April 2016

Reminders of old signage: ‘ghost signs’ in sooty shadows on the former Aviva building (General Accident), Rougier Street.

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Hudson House: offices to flats

1960s concrete office block

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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Groves Chapel: 2013 and now (April daily photo 22)

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A photo from April 2013 prompts me to write another page about Groves Chapel, and to mention another chapel, in much better condition and in need of support.

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Bowls pavilion, Museum Gardens, April 2011

Disused bowls pavilion, Museum Gardens, 21 April 2011

The old-style bowls pavilion in the Museum Gardens, five years ago, 21 April 2011. Soon to reopen as a café.

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April daily, 19: former Co-op buildings

Co-op building, detail, George Hudson St, 19 April 2016

A detail from the George Hudson St (formerly Railway St) frontage of the Co-op buildings, York, soon to be student accommodation

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The theatre and its glazed colonnade

Once open to all: the glazed colonnade at the front of the refurbished Theatre Royal, April 2016

York Theatre Royal refurbishment, focusing on the enclosure of the previously open colonnade, which doubled as a bus shelter.

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Thoughts on a street corner, Leeman Rd area, then and now

Street scene: corner of Bright St and Salisbury Terrace, 16 April 2006

A corner of a street in the Leeman Road area, ten years ago today, and the changes since.

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