Shaping the future through open conversations
Gathering Together: Look at Your City Walk Virtual Tour Friday 9th August 2019 Early evening is a potentially good time to bring people together – and one York doesn’t do brilliantly at the moment. In the My Castle Gateway discussions the idea of a family friendly area, with activities and events, not dominated by heavy … Read more
On 25th August a group of us spent a very warm Sunday morning exploring play in Castle Gateway through the lens of Rowntree Park. We were very lucky to also be joined by Cath Mortimer, a member of the Friends of Rowntree Park and our conversation was greatly aided by a prior conversation with those … Read more
Gathering with Water: Look at Your City walk Virtual Tour Thursday 25th July 2019 How can water be welcomed in the design of the new public space in the Castle and Eye of York? Whether that is dealing with flooding, encouraging use of the Foss, referencing past moats and river defences, or adding in playful … Read more
I’m dyslexic and for me this means it’s often easier and quicker to share my thoughts through images rather than words. I was very happy then, after participating in one of the My Castle Gateway project’s ‘Gathering Place’ events, to be asked to create a visual blog … I have no idea what one of … Read more
Creativity of Heritage: Debating the Castle and the Eye of York Neil Redfern, Principal Inspector for Historic England in Yorkshire Saturday 20 July 2019 Heritage isn’t fixed, it isn’t just old buildings, it isn’t all about the past – it’s a way of debating what matters to us today and how we value it. … Read more
Over the first weekend in July, the My Castle Gateway team took to the pavements and have been touring, with residents and visitors, around the area of The Castle and Eye of York. Walking and talking, those who joined us have been discussing the future potential and plans for the area in and around the … Read more
History is not just a list of facts. History is interpretation, debate and discussion. But the list of ‘facts’ for the Castle and Eye of York is pretty impressive, shocking and important. In this series of three blogs – published to launch in the Gathering Place summer programme – we look at the potted histories … Read more
Barry Otley, a key member of Treemendous York and Green Environment coordinator for York Environment Forum, attended a number of the recent workshops we ran on various subjects and contributed a detailed response which spelt out the benefits of incorporating trees and substantial landscaping into the proposals. This blog sets out Barry’s advice and provides … Read more
What would the best bus stop in York be like? Drop-In / workshop 26th Feb 2019 Piccadilly serves many functions – even in its current state – and one of these if for the passage of buses and boarding them. Proposals as they stand include one bus stop on the section of Piccadilly south of … Read more
Throughout the My Castle Gateway and My York Central project it has been clear that any specific decision always has much wider contexts. Often when we are looking at a specific issue in either area what we are often talking about are highly complex, large scale and systemic issues. A systemic issue is one made … Read more