15 Years Of York - Part 2

Illuminating York, an annual light up the city art programme has been going on for the past 8 years.
The Mystery Plays have been performed twice .
Te number of Starbucks type coffee places has gone from 0 to 25 and back to 20
There have been two big floods, and the development of flood defences
The Millennium Bridge over the Ouse and the cycle / foot bridge over the Foss have been opened.
The Minster introduced an entry charge for tourists
Asda trialled a 3D printing service in their York store
Many new housing developments [usually standard Barratt-Houses, sometimes eco-housing [Derwenthorpe]
Lots of flat developments in the city centre
Sessions Printing works shut [a Quaker business]
Ben Jonsons printers shut and the beautiful art-deco factory demolished.
The new City Screen cinema impressively built inside the old newspaper building
Ascot races came and went for one year.
The first York Marathon will take place next week
The statue of Emperor Constantine [who was invested at York] was unveiled
The York Wheel [or Yorkshire Aye] has come, gone, and come again
Park & Ride has expanded to four sites around the city ring road
The railway station has got two brand new cycle exits and one new pedestrian exit [this is a great help]
A great old hardware store has become a fish restaurant
Holgate Windmill has been renovated and re-sailed.
The old Bile Beans sign on the end of a terrace has been renovated
The Olympic torch has been and gone
The ring-road keeps getting bigger roundabouts but no dualling
Two secondary schools have been re-sited
Bendy buses have come and gone [good]
York College has moved to a massive new sight

Constantine outside the Minster

At least 4 new gyms have opened
Our local swimming pool was demolished then replaced by a supermarket
Borders the book shop came [great joy] and went [much despair]