Review of the year, 2021
Year in review: notes and thoughts on planning decisions and other local matters of interest I wasn’t able to cover at the time.
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From Cocoa Works to Cocoa West
Along the cycle track by the old Rowntree factory, remembering Rowntree Halt, and looking at ‘Cocoa West’, then and now.
More …Cocoa Works progress
Checking on the progress of the Cocoa Works development, converting the former Rowntree factory building into residential accommodation.
More …The festive sheds and barriers are back
York’s Christmas market, with festive sheds filling Parliament Street, and expensive anti-terrorism barriers blocking access. It’s all very 2019 . . .
More …Kestrels on the Minster, barn owls at the theatre (1932)
Interesting observations on the city’s wildlife in the early 1930s, including owls and kestrels nesting in the city centre.
More …A tweeting tree … and ten years on Twitter
Bootham Park: planning application, and public access
Six years after the closure of Bootham Park hospital, taking a look at the recently submitted planning application for the site, focusing on the proposals for continued public access to the grounds.
More …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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