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.
More …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.
More …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 …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 …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 …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 …Noticing rusty railings, and forbidding signs, in the first attempt at an adequate exploration of a complicated place.
More …Exploring an ’empty’ piece of land near the old Clifton Hospital, apparently a possible site for a replacement mental health facility.
More …Bootham Park’s rusty relics, and a reminder of former grandeur on ‘Bootham Field’, one summer.
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