Visitors, owners, occupiers
Thinking about property owners, investors, and how owning a bit of the city’s land, freehold, as a home, is increasingly out of reach for many residents.
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York in 2021: vibrant Friday
New hotel … Post House, 1971
An ad from 50 years ago – the Post House hotel, opening in 1971, on the site of Dringhouses Manor, by the church with a fibreglass spire.
More …2 Rougier Street: from office block to hotel
A landmark building, the tall 20th century office block at 2 Rougier Street, now converted to a hotel, with an extra bit on top.
More …Park life: forgotten fish pond
Peering into a pond in a small park area near the city walls, looking at views old and new, with historical notes, and queries.
More …‘Leeman Square’, triangular gardens, and confusing 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 …
Then and now: Hudson House to Hudson Quarter
Comparison views, from the city walls, of the now-demolished Hudson House, and Hudson Quarter, which has been built on the site.
More …Hudson Quarter revisit
Revisiting Hudson Quarter (former Hudson House site) just inside the city walls, now the landscaping of the site has been completed.
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