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October 2011

A forgotten nursery, Tanner Row

Work is underway to transform the old railway station (West Offices) into a new HQ for the city council. There’s been a lot of digging on this site, not … More … →

August 2011

Rusted York Education Committee plaque. Photo by Boba Low.

Behind the art gallery are dilapidated buildings seen as an eyesore, with no obvious ‘history’. They are soon to be demolished.

Originally used More … →

June 2011

I’d forgotten all about this building on Lawrence Street, and it seems I’m not the only one. It looks generally forgotten. Its rather desolate appearance confronted me as I left the More … →

The former service hostel buildings behind York Art Gallery were used after the war as the Marygate Centre, for further education and evening classes. A section was used by York School of Art. The art school already occupied one side of the art gallery, and later expanded to use part of these buildings behind it. Plan by John C.

March 2011

… Continued from 1: New streets proposed, river plans

Bar walls

Mr Maslen wasn’t impressed at all with the city walls, and suggests that the citizens stop repairing them, so that when they fall into ruins they can be cleared away and a wide promenade put … More … →

March 2011

While trying to absorb the vision for the ‘York New City Beautiful‘ of the future, I discovered an earlier vision for York.

In 1843, T J Maslen published Suggestions for the Improvement of our Towns and Houses. He covers many cities and towns, including York. … More … →

16 February 2009

These carved figures, both of women, occupy niches above doors of historic buildings in York. On the … More … →