Comments on: Office block studies … Hilary House

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:53:25 +0000

Titter ye not :) Let's start spreading a rumour that it is ? ... see how long before it becomes an urban myth :)

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:51:13 +0000

I’m not sure Kelly, when I went past a while back it looked like it had been stripped down to a basic shell. Will be interesting to see how it is transformed … might be lovely :)

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:27:52 +0000

Is it listed? *titter*

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:27:06 +0000

I actually like it, in the way I like Stonebow house…as long as I’ve known York its been there, lurking and empty. I wouldn’t like them to put something else there which is worse, one day the 60s will be like the Victorian age and before…unappreciated by the people of the time but of historical value in the end. Maybe.

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:23:21 +0000

What’s the latest with this? Last time I walked down there, lots of workmen were tinkering with it, taking windows out and such like

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 22:19:30 +0000

‘It’s like the 20th century in transit through the older streets of York, failing to anchor itself properly.’

– brilliant description – indeed it looks plonked there, like the nearby Stonebow, but sailing by like a ship, as you mention, is a more attractive image, and I’m only briefly sailing by this page to thank you and Paul, for your comments. Nice to focus for a while on a particular building and read other views of it …

… sailing back down the road and round a couple of corners back to King’s Square, where, Martyn, to borrow your phrase again, the 20th century did anchor itself, more successfully, and formed a proper sense of place, for a time, until recently/now/imminently:

http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/blog/2013/09/23/who-was-paul-woosey/