Where Whiting’s was
So, back into the present. Here’s Whiting’s of Bootham, pictured last week. Or rather, where Whiting’s was.
There’s a ‘ghost’ of the former shopfront in the visible difference in … More …
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Changes on Barker Lane: Harvey Scruton buildings
The transformation of the ‘Harvey-Scruton’ buildings is complete. These buildings were not listed, but they’ve been preserved anyway, which is very pleasing. That handsome doorway is still there, with better paintwork.
More …Plans for Press site, Walmgate
York’s newspaper, The Press, plans to move from its offices on Walmgate to smaller premises nearby.
The proposed plans would see the demolition of the … More …
West Offices, welcome
As part of the Residents Festival we were invited to have a nosy around West Offices, our new council HQ, before its official opening later this year. This seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. It may … More …
Reflections: Purey Cust development
Looking back to the ‘rich and poor’ social divisions of the 1930s reminded me that I hadn’t mentioned … More …
Behind the art gallery
This is where the Second World War hostel buildings – aka the ‘hutments’ – used to be. I More …
West Offices
August 2011
It’s ‘all change’ round here, as a station guard might have said back in the mid-19th century when this was our railway station.
The redevelopment of this building – more recently known as ‘West Offices’ – is underway, to form a new headquarters building for City of … More …
Ogleforth, etc
3 February 2009
Continuing my city centre winter wander, I went on my way from busy Hungate, up through Aldwark, where the back of Hilary House – even uglier than the front – stood as a reminder of what past developers have been able to get away with … More …