“It is better to recycle what exists … and to think small. In the life of cities, only conservation is sanity.”
– Robert Hughes
Yes, we’re back on Piccadilly again, by the old Airspeed factory (Reynard’s garage). Soon to be flattened for a nice new hotel, it seems.
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Wow. Fantastic. I feel like the heading to this page should be in big shouty capital letters and perhaps accompanied by a trumpet fanfare.
York’s most famous and long-standing eyesore is being redeveloped. No, really. It really is this time.
More …For the most recent information on this building see all pages tagged ‘Airspeed’.
The Press reported: Airspeed 1930s Experience planned for Reynard’s Garage building in Piccadilly.
Whether this plan can come … More …
To many people in York it’s known as Reynards garage, as it was for many years. Those who don’t remember that period call it ‘an eyesore’ or ‘that old bus garage’ or ‘that old tram shed’. But this is where, in the early 1930s, the early Airspeed aircraft were built.
More …This particular York Story, of daring, entrepreneurial vision and hard graft, is all connected to an old bus garage on Piccadilly.
But we’re starting here, on Clifton. The street heading out of town from Bootham. … More …
Moving on from a 1960s office block on St Saviour’s Place to a 1970s office block on Piccadilly. Both usually appear on any list of ‘eyesores’.
Ryedale House, as it … More …
Time to revisit, again, one of my favourite ‘eyesores’, the former White Swan Hotel on Piccadilly. As this photo (taken last summer) shows, from the corner, with the blue sky behind, it’s … More …
