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Leeman Road Millennium Green: will a road run through it?

View of park, path and greenery

Wandering around and through Leeman Road Millennium Green, thinking about the impact of the York Central access road options.

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Castle Gateway studies: a few quiet moments

Foss Basin, 19 July 2017

On the ‘visitor offer’, and the need for places for quiet contemplation away from the visitor offer. Summing up the ‘Castle Gateway studies’ (part 1, ‘close low’).

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Castle Gateway studies: Brownie Dyke, Castle Mills, and the Foss Basin

'Brownie Dyke' sign, by Castle Mills Bridge/Foss Basin

The Foss in the area between Castle Mills Bridge and Blue Bridge. Photos and observations. A continuation of recent ‘Castle Gateway studies’.

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Tagged   Castle Gateway, Foss

From Bootham Park to Bio-Rad: new hospital promised

Former Bio-Rad/Vickers site, April 2017

Notes, photos, history and context of the site chosen for York’s new mental health hospital, on Haxby Road, and more thoughts on Bootham Park.

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Signs selection: boundaries, ownership, private property, public access

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Thoughts prompted by signs spotted on recent wanders, and rejoicing in rights of way running over railway lines.

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In the sun by Scarborough Bridge, and a walk by the river

Riverside at Clifton, 5 May 2017

Sitting by Scarborough Bridge, looking at a plethora of signs, then going for a walk along the riverbank and ings, looking at hedges, cow parsley, and following the Bur Dyke along an old snicket.

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By the Foss: Layerthorpe hotel, old gasworks site

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In which we wander down Foss Bank, and a snicket by Eboracum Way, and have a look, from various angles, at a new hotel building on Layerthorpe, next to the Foss.

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Tagged   gasworks, redevelopment

Hungate area developments: then and now

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Catching up on new developments in the Hungate area, and comparing photos I’ve taken in this area over more than a decade. (Plus a lovely drawing of a hedgehog.)

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