Bird’s eye view of York Minster piazza

9:22am Wednesday 20th February 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Mark Stead, mark.stead@thepress.co.uk

Work under way on the piazza at York Minster Work under way on the piazza at York Minster

PICTURES taken from the heights of York Minster have shown how work on creating a new gateway to the historic landmark is moving on.

The area outside the South Transept of the cathedral may currently be a building site, but its transformation into an eye-catching piazza will soon be complete.

A new route for pedestrians and cyclists is being created in natural stone setts.

The South Piazza restoration work forms part of the five-year York Minster Revealed project, designed to further boost the Minster’s status as a visitor attraction while also protecting its stonework and stained glass treasures for generations to come.

The aerial pictures were taken from the east end of the Minster by Press photographer Anthony Chappel-Ross, with Aviva’s Wellington Row headquarters and the big wheel at the Royal York Hotel in the background.

York Minster Revealed is the largest restoration and conservation programme of its kind in the UK and is scheduled for completion in 2016, having been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

City of York Council has provided £500,000 towards the South Piazza works.

The scheme, which began at the end of last month, means there will be restricted access for pedestrians and bikes around the South Transept until the beginning of April.

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
9:37am Wed 20 Feb 13

Can I see a Piazza Hut or, being York, is it a PiazzaKabin?

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pedalling paul says...
10:59am Wed 20 Feb 13

I wheeeld my bike past the worksite yesterday. Unfortunately a walking tour guide had chosen to halt his party on the narrowed path, restricting both pedestrian and bike pushing movements....
I shall look forward to the reopened route, and hope that there will be sufficient advice to pedestrian users of the cycle route's presence. The new path just inside Walmgate Bar has some paving blocks with cycle symbols embossed into them. Could be a useful precedent.

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
11:23am Wed 20 Feb 13

pedalling paul wrote:
I wheeeld my bike past the worksite yesterday. Unfortunately a walking tour guide had chosen to halt his party on the narrowed path, restricting both pedestrian and bike pushing movements....
I shall look forward to the reopened route, and hope that there will be sufficient advice to pedestrian users of the cycle route's presence. The new path just inside Walmgate Bar has some paving blocks with cycle symbols embossed into them. Could be a useful precedent.
Bring it up on 'Question Time' when you're on. It should create a laugh...

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Ignatius Lumpopo says...
12:20pm Wed 20 Feb 13

I didn't know Bird's Eye did Piazzas.

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
12:38pm Wed 20 Feb 13

They're called "My Little Pony's"!

There's an investigation into why there are no bird's eyes in a "Bird's Eye Piazza".

Gawd knows what they used to put in Fanny Craddock's.

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Oncebitten says...
1:10pm Wed 20 Feb 13

Garrowby Turnoff wrote:
They're called "My Little Pony's"!

There's an investigation into why there are no bird's eyes in a "Bird's Eye Piazza".

Gawd knows what they used to put in Fanny Craddock's.
Thanks.....that's made me smile!

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york_chap says...
6:29pm Wed 20 Feb 13

They could've got at least 20 parking spaces in there.

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pedalling paul says...
11:02pm Wed 20 Feb 13

york_chap wrote:
They could've got at least 20 parking spaces in there.
.or about 100 bike rack spaces.

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Magicman! says...
2:57am Thu 21 Feb 13

I still fail to see why they've done a complete closure of the road. If a bit of proper planning had been done, they could have put in all the blockwork on the Minster side of the new cycleway and got it to a suitable standard to open it up, then allow bikes to use it as a corridor between the fenced off works and the fenced off entrance to the Minster, and then the cycle way could be built and then opened and cycles transferred on to that.... instead those responsible have just gone "oh they're cyclists they'll just have to put up with it and walk"... it is the equivalent to cyclists as closing off Gillygate to cars and buses. I have missed about 10 trains in 3 weeks because of this delay to my journey.

Quite frankly I don't give a rats ar$e how it looks when it's finished, just so long as pedestrians aren't wandering all over the (what will be reduced width) cycle route all looking up at an old building and getting in my way by walking dangerously at the same time.

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sheps lad says...
2:52pm Thu 21 Feb 13

Magicman, you should have learned to set off a bit earlier after missing one train. To still be doing it after three weeks displays a lack of forethought.

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Protography says...
4:23pm Thu 21 Feb 13

What the view was before - http://www.flickr.co
m/photos/paulonweb/7
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Protography says...
4:25pm Thu 21 Feb 13

I've no idea what software this site uses but it doesn't do a great jobs with link! - Try this - http://flic.kr/p/cH6
SAW

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