A tale of two marketplaces
Views across the marketplace, views on the marketplace, and why the new Shambles market can’t compete with Parliament Street.
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Down by the riverside
Thoughts prompted by a controversial planning application to fence off an area of riverside. Antisocial behaviour and council errors. And some music …
More …Beautiful democracy
Anyone who cares about the city, its present state and future plans, has to engage to some extent in Guildhall goings-on. It’s much easier to do that these days, as technology takes us into the heart of it all.
More …Gullies and ditches, puddles and floods
‘Observe water standing.’ Thoughts on gully cleaning and ditch scouring, after a weekend of drain watching.
More …Not ranting, but thinking …
Concerns about City of York Council … the Lendal Bridge fiasco, 20mph signage, transparency, engagement, etc … but mainly concerns about heritage …
More …Retaining a sense of place? King’s Square, phase 2
The proposal for ‘phase 2′ of the King’s Square work has been released, and is online and available for public viewing on this page on the council’s website (with background information on this link).
The proposal for the raised area is rather different from …
More …More ‘reinvigoration': have your say
A good thing about the council’s ‘Reinvigorate York’ projects and the accompanying consultations is that they make us pay closer attention to places we perhaps take for granted.
More …Etty under attack from 1970s fountain
According to the Reinvigorate York information, relocation of the Etty statue is necessary because he’s been under attack from the adjacent fountain.
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