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Alternative Visions

Alternative Visions: York Tomorrow

10th January 2018 by Helen Graham

The Castle Precinct – a proposal by York Tomorrow Background In the Inspectors report following the 2002 Public Inquiry into the proposed commercial development on the Castle site it was made clear that here was a cultural asset of the highest importance. Both the dominant Clifford’s Tower, the buildings surrounding the “Eye” of York, and … Read more

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Alternative Visions: David W. Barratt

15th December 2017 by Helen Graham

Many people in York have been inspired over the years – and in response to the My Castle Gateway project – to develop their own ideas for the Castle Gateway. As the Castle Gateway Masterplan Ideas are open for discussion, in the first of a series of blogs we share Castle Gateway: Alternative Visions. David … Read more

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