Bootham Park, the ‘Gala Field’, and the council’s survey
Historical notes and thoughts on the open space of the ‘Gala Field’, Bootham Park, in the light of the city council’s consultation on proposals for the site’s future.
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From Bootham Park to Bio-Rad: new hospital promised
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.
More …Let’s hang on to Bootham Park: your views needed – now
Last chance to respond: where should York’s new mental health hospital be? Somewhere central, or stuck out of town? Your views needed, by 16 January
More …Approaches to Bootham Park, part 3
Looking at the site of the former nurses’ accommodation in Bootham Park and wondering why it can’t be reused for mental health facilities.
More …Approaches to Bootham Park, part 2
Heading up the tree-lined avenue, past the massive open space in front of the hospital buildings. Asking questions about what might happen, and public access.
More …Approaches to Bootham Park, part 1
Noticing rusty railings, and forbidding signs, in the first attempt at an adequate exploration of a complicated place.
More …Clifton Park: a replacement for Bootham Hospital?
Exploring an ’empty’ piece of land near the old Clifton Hospital, apparently a possible site for a replacement mental health facility.
More …Bootham Field and its rusty relics
Bootham Park’s rusty relics, and a reminder of former grandeur on ‘Bootham Field’, one summer.
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