Archive photos show York's transformation in early 1990s
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 08:19 · Archive
Archive photographs from the early 1990s document major changes to York's landmarks and landscape.
Archive photographs from the early 1990s document a period of significant transformation in York, with familiar landmarks either rising from the ground or being demolished.
In 1990, the city's skyline was marked by the skeletal frame of the new York Barbican under construction. The leisure and events complex, a £15 million council investment in the city's cultural future, was built on the site of an 1980s swimming pool. It included a large auditorium, sports hall, climbing wall, cafés and bars, and officially opened in September 1991. By the early 1990s it was being promoted as a landmark venue, although it later struggled financially and closed for several years before undergoing a major refurbishment.
Nearby, the Victorian walls of Naburn Hospital were being systematically dismantled following its closure in 1988, ending more than 80 years of service to the city's vulnerable residents. Most of the former hospital grounds were redeveloped into the York Designer Outlet Centre, which opened in 1998. The photographs capture an era when York's landscape was being reshaped by both new development and the removal of historic sites.
How it is being reported
- 10 remarkable old photos of a changing city and the York we used to knowPhotos of old York in the 1990s capture the Barbican’s rise, Naburn Hospital’s demolition, Terry’s Chocolate Works and a changing city.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 10 Oct, 07:00
- 10 remarkable old photos of a changing city and the York we used to knowPhotos of old York in the 1990s capture the Barbican’s rise, Naburn Hospital’s demolition, Terry’s Chocolate Works and a changing city.The Press (York) · 10 Oct, 07:00
In this story: York · York Barbican · Naburn Hospital · York Designer Outlet Centre · The Press
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