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‘Leeman Square’, triangular gardens, and confusing roads

Triangular Gardens and surrounding roads

From Thief Lane and the coal depot, to a triangular park in the middle of roads, in the Station Road/Leeman Road area. More …

Queen Street bridge, and the station front plans

Queen Street bridge, with the station buildings behind, from the city walls, 26 Nov 2018

Photos and notes on Queen Street bridge and its history, in response to interesting plans for changes around York’s railway station which will see the bridge demolished.

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Approaching York Central: Queen St and the RI buildings

By the RI buildings, April 2006

In which I humbly suggest that Queen Street should be left as it is, particularly if proposed changes in the York Central plans adversely affect the Railway Institute buildings, and that the York Central development should make better use of what’s already there.

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Tagged   Queen Street, YorkCentral

King’s Square: was it worth it?

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As yellow lines are painted on to that expensive new paving, and two years after councillors debated the ‘reinvigoration’ here, was it worth it?

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Dogma and debate: 20mph signs

20mph sign, Burton Green

Observations on the debate over whether to remove the 20mph signs.

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All aboard the charabanc

Old black and white photo

I’ve also recently chanced upon an image from the city archives taken outside the White Swan, around a hundred years ago.

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More on the silly signage situation

Traffic sign

In which I pretend to be a visitor to the city. Is the Lendal Bridge closure signage helpful and clear for visitors? Not really, it seems.

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Tagged   Lendal Bridge

Lendal Bridge update: silly signage situation

Road sign plonked on pavement, wrong way up

Seems like a good time for an update on the Lendal Bridge ‘trial’, prompted by recent comments.

In case readers missed the beginning of all this, it’s called a ‘trial’ because it’s said to be an … More … →

Tagged   Lendal Bridge
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