The design for the Piccadilly shopping Centre is just as bad as the last one. Haven't these guys ever designed anything but out-of-town shopping malls?
It's like a ghastly cliff - like characterless thirties high streets of my childhood with an Odeon stuck on at one end.
It's about as original and exciting as the General Accident building.
Why can't they give the people of York the chance to choose what they want?
After all they've proved that they're good at it - look at the success of Exhibition Square. We are talking about the historic centre of York. It's important we get it right when it comes to new buildings. Why can't the citizens have a proper say - after all they're the ones who are going to have to look at it every day?
Ingrid Barton,
Jasmine Cottage,
Kilnwick Percy.
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