Shaping the future through open conversations
Following the recent engagement related to designs for the Eye of York, the council has released a press release. ‘The public feedback on these designs was strongly in favour of retaining the existing oak tree, and this option will now be developed in detail as part of the planning application to be submitted in the … Read more
4th May 2021 As we move towards developing design ideas for the new public spaces a crucial issue to consider is how to remember the 1190 massacre of York’s Jewish community. Throughout the My Castle Gateway project – in order to inform the masterplan and the new public spaces – a number of meetings have … Read more
The conversations about the future of York Castle Museum have always been a central to My Castle Gateway. From Reyahn King, York Museums Trust’s Chief Executive setting out visions for the museum in 2018 and 2019 to the series of public events in October 2019 identifying how movement to and through the site can be … Read more
The My Castle Gateway Open Brief has been read and fully digested by BDP, the designers working on changing the Castle Car Park into York’s new public space. In their first piece of work they are drawing on the Open Brief, to do a further layer of analysis and to identify challenges and opportunities. My … Read more
This blog post aims to introduce you to some of the ideas and research that will be explored by the Living Well with Water (LWW) project that has emerged out of the My Castle Gateway conversations. You can find the main website of the project here, as well as follow LWW on twitter @WaterinYork. My Castle … Read more
10am-12noon, 23rd October 2019, Fairfax Room, Yorkshire Museum There were two strands to this discussion. The first was focused on contextualising 1190 within the wider and longer story of Jewish life in York. The second was to reflect on the proposed language for the draft Castle and Eye of York Open Brief. Contextualising 1190 within … Read more
21st September 2019 On 21st September a meeting was held with the York Liberal Jewish Community exploring the histories and future of the Castle and Eye of York, with a focus on Clifford’s Tower and the significance and interpretation of the 1190 massacre of York’s Jewish community. The meeting was held following the York Liberal … Read more
Helen Graham York Dance Space worked with young people under the age of 25 to create iMOVE performed on 29th September 2019. iMOVE is one of three art works commissioned by York Mediale in collaboration with the Council. The art commissions are a response, in part, to how many people throughout the My Castle Gateway … Read more
At the heart of the Castle Gateway area is York Castle Musuem, based in two the most important buildings of the area, the Debtor’s Prision and the Female Prision, nestled in the only remains of the Norman Castle walls and housing outstanding collections exploring the everyday life of the last two centuries. Chief Executive Reyahn … Read more
The York Castle Museum Briefing Notes are drawn from the existing My Castle Gateway open brief for the whole Castle Gateway area along with input drawing on four workshops held in collaboration with York Museums Trust in October 2018. Each workshop was focused on the intersection between movement and meaning, and three of the workshops … Read more