Comments on: King’s Square paving becomes a national concern

By: AndyT

AndyT — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:44:44 +0000

Equivalent cities to York elsewhere in Europe are full of lovely cobbled streets. York is said to be one of the most historic in the UK and yet cobbles are being ripped up and replaced with something generic and bland. This would be unthinkable in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and so on and so on..
In addition, there are so many nicer paving stones than those which have been put down which have zero aesthetic appeal despite their cost. Again European cities lead the way with their choice of paving in this respect.

By: AndyT

AndyT — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:44:00 +0000

York’s equitant cities in other European countries are full of lovely cobbled streets. York is said to be one of the most historic in the UK and yet cobbles are being ripped up and replaced with something generic and bland. This would be unthinkable in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and so on and so on..
In addition, there are so many nicer paving stones than those which have been put down which have zero aesthetic appeal despite their cost. Again European cities lead the way with their choice of paving in this respect.

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:29:10 +0000

iam disabled myself and think its a discrace to even think about change.its still part of history.that we should keep for our future children granchildren etc.people seem to have no care for history just want to rip it up and replace it.and if disabled people realy want to go they will find away.as hard as it is they will do it.iam sure if asked people would be more in favour of it staying disabled and those who are not.not all disabled people all agree some will most prob wont.dosent seem fair disabled get the blame

By: Lisa @YorkStories

Lisa @YorkStories — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:59:30 +0000

Thanks for your comments.

Michelle I agree and I’’m sorry if it looked otherwise. If the tracks are a 70s addition then I say well done those people in the 70s for something which has looked good for longer than the Coney St and Parliament St paving has. Just concerned about it being presented as older than it is.

Following up on other comments by email …

Important to clarify though that the King’s Square repaving work is part of the ‘Reinvigorate York’ project, so it has an overall agenda/bigger ‘vision’.

Anyone who cares about the King’s Square paving changes might also care about this, also about to be removed from the square and part of the same ‘vision’:
http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/who-was-paul-woosey/

Update: just added a new page, a list of links, of all the important background info I’m aware of, and to older pages on this site, there are many on King’s Square: http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/the-recent-history-of-kings-square/

By: Martyn

Martyn — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:18:57 +0000

Thank you Lisa for your take on both this and the Lendal Bridge saga. Has helped me get abreast of both.

Yes, any links to groups/campaigns committed to protecting our built inheritance both ancient and modern would be useful. One’s that don’t require a Twitter/Facebook account especially so for people like me who don’t use social media.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:44:02 +0000

this is a 1970s road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sYR4-nqeI0