THE future of the site around historic Clifford's Tower in York remains clouded in uncertainty, with a public inquiry into a £60 million redevelopment scheme due to resume next month.
Objectors are fiercely opposing the Coppergate Riverside proposals to build shops and apartments on land between the tower and Piccadilly, saying they will spoil the character and appearance of the tower and also the adjacent Eye of York.
These pictures of old York show how views of the tower were once severely constrained by a huge wall of stone, and by an adjacent men's prison building occupying what is now the Castle car park.
The aerial view shows the Eye of York in the foreground, surrounded by what are now the Castle Museum and the crown court buildings.
Another picture shows passers by walking along Tower Street, with the dark walls looming high over them.
The walls, men's prison and governor's house were demolished in 1935, opening up new views of the tower and Eye of York, and the stonework was sold off.
Do you recall the demolition - or know what happened to the stones afterwards? Write to Mike Laycock at the Evening Press, 76-86 Walmgate, York, or email
Updated: 09:18 Friday, April 19, 2002
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