Tuesday 9 September 2008

The Changing Face of York


The plot of land next to Stonebow House has lain unused for a stretch of time, side by side you can see how the plot looked a year ago with wooden railings and getting overgrown. On the right is how it looks now that construction work has started.

Posted by JollyGreenP at 20:20

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2 comments:

yg said...

you declare stonebow house as an ugly building but it does not look so bad in the picture.

14 September 2008 at 14:35
JollyGreenP said...

Hi yg,
the photo was taken at dusk so the photo has a slightly mellow feel. When seen close up it has a pebbledash facade and the square straight lines do not really fir well with the surrounding older buildings. I suppose in some ways it is a comparative thing, York has so many old buildings that have mellowed down the ages whereas Stonebow House is relatively new, although in Singapore I am sure you would probably consider it an old building, Stonebow House does not seem to have mellowed at all with a stark pebbledash exterior that just looks grubby and unadorned. it is generally regarded as one of our 1960s mistakes by most people that live in York but it does have a few people who like it, so much so that it is considered as an example of 1960s architecture for preservation!

15 September 2008 at 11:48

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