Shaping the future through open conversations
Andy Kerr, Project Manager for the Castle Gateway Project, City of York Council My Castle Gateway’s purpose is to open up the process of regenerating an area so that it works for York – to put York residents and businesses at the centre of something usually developed by experts behind closed doors. This masterplan development … Read more
19th April 2018 We met up at Cycle Heaven to take a full look at walking and cycling in and through Castle Gateway. We looked back at aspects of the brief for walking and cycling developed through My Castle Gateway process and then Andy Kerr, project lead for Castle Gateway, set out how ideas have … Read more
Today, we’ve released the ideas for Foss Basin which suggest that a cycle route down Foss Basin would not be ideal and not encouraged. This is in part becasue there was an opinion contributed through My Castle Gateway process, including from people who are blind and partially sighted, that was very against shared space. But … Read more
What might a new public space on Castle Car Park look like? In the Open Brief we developed in the summer people want to be able to: Come together Attend large scale events (music, theatre, fairs) Use the Eye of York as a place of political protest Commemorate and remember, especially the 1190 massacre of … Read more
In terms of Public Space, through the Step 1 Open Brief process people said they wanted to be able to: Come together Attend large scale events (music, theatre, fairs) Use the Eye of York as a place of political protest Commemorate and remember, especially the 1190 massacre of York’s Jewish Community Sit down and enjoy … Read more
Through the Step 1 Open Brief process people said they wanted to be able to: Walk or cycle up from the Foss Basin into town and beyond, with continuous, safe, and (preferably) traffic-free routes Cross more easily from Walmgate into the Castle area Cycle safely on the Tower Street dual-carriage Gyratory and to easily use … Read more
The Castle Gateway masterplan ideas were made public in November, and a formal period for feedback ran until 22nd December. During this period there were various ways for people to view the masterplan ideas and to respond to them, from coming to events, walks, drop ins, through online survey and via social media. All collated … Read more
York is creating a new public space. What now is the Castle Car Park and the green roundabout we call the Eye of York will become a part of York where we can come together. A new place to gather. In 2019, those who live, work and play in York imagined and debated what this … Read more
25th and 26th November 2017 9.30-5pm. Various locations. Schedule below. Drop in. You walked. You shared what mattered to you. You imagined what you’d do in a future Castle Gateway. You wrote on post it notes and posted on social media. We are now able to share the Masterplan ideas for the future of the … Read more
In the third of our challenge events we looked at movement. In the My Castle Gateway draft brief the following was expressed: People would like to be able to: Come together at a new public space that connects Clifford’s Tower, the Eye of York and Tower Gardens: for events, protests and commemorations Understand and explore … Read more