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Glorious summer, and this sun in York

Flowery delights by St Helen's church, 7 July 2018

Some summer happenings noticed on my wanderings – photos and notes on Spark:York, the Rose Theatre, Bloom York, and Dean’s Park.

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Tagged   Castle Gateway, Exhibition Square, Piccadilly

Exhibition Square improvements: what we said

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Reading residents’ thoughts on Exhibition Square, from a survey in 2014.

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Two fountains, and a message from Etty

Parliament St fountain, with advertising boards, July 2015

The disused Parliament Street fountain becomes a support for advertising boards, while a cleaned-up Etty – heritage campaigner of his day – overlooks the Exhibition Square fountain.

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Tagged   Exhibition Square, fountains, Parliament St

The new-look Exhibition Square

Exhibition Square, 30 Nov 2014

Photos and observations on the repaving work in Exhibition Square. ‘Before and after’ photos.

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1971: welcoming the fountain, Exhibition Square

Fountain in morning sunlight

In 1971 York Civic Trust provided a new fountain for Exhibition Square. It’s still there, but as previously mentioned, it’s apparently eroding the Etty statue.

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Tagged   1970s, Exhibition Square, fountains

Etty and decades of change, in a city square

There are many photographs of Exhibition Square in the City of York archives, illustrating the changes in over a century of use. Seems a good time to look at some, in the light of the current consultation. (Archive images used with permission.)

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Tagged   Etty, Exhibition Square, reinvigoration

More ‘reinvigoration': have your say

Statue, city square, Minster towers

A good thing about the council’s ‘Reinvigorate York’ projects and the accompanying consultations is that they make us pay closer attention to places we perhaps take for granted.

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Tagged   Exhibition Square, Fossgate, reinvigoration

Etty under attack from 1970s fountain

City square, cathedral and gateway, statue in foreground

According to the Reinvigorate York information, relocation of the Etty statue is necessary because he’s been under attack from the adjacent fountain.

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Tagged   1970s, Etty, Exhibition Square, reinvigoration
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