Post by acnedriver on Mar 16, 2023 7:13:47 GMT
A York architect has blasted plans to remove the taxi-rank from the front portico of York Railway Station as 'fundamentally wrong'.
Matthew Laverack says the plans - which would see the taxi drop-off point beneath the portico moved elsewhere and a pedestrianised area with two shops created in its place - go ‘against the whole concept of the design of the original building'.
"Many a time I have been dropped off and/or picked up at York station when it has been raining, sleeting or snowing and thanks to the foresight of Victorian designers I stayed dry," Mr Laverack said.
"It must be the same for tens of thousands of other Yorkies over the last 146 years.
"But now this looks set to change. Protecting passengers from bad weather is to be sacrificed on the alter of increased shopping space and obsessive pedestrianisation."
Plans to redevelop the front of York station were submitted to City of York Council in February.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23386267.plans-move-taxis-york-station-portico-fundamentally-wrong/
Matthew Laverack says the plans - which would see the taxi drop-off point beneath the portico moved elsewhere and a pedestrianised area with two shops created in its place - go ‘against the whole concept of the design of the original building'.
"Many a time I have been dropped off and/or picked up at York station when it has been raining, sleeting or snowing and thanks to the foresight of Victorian designers I stayed dry," Mr Laverack said.
"It must be the same for tens of thousands of other Yorkies over the last 146 years.
"But now this looks set to change. Protecting passengers from bad weather is to be sacrificed on the alter of increased shopping space and obsessive pedestrianisation."
Plans to redevelop the front of York station were submitted to City of York Council in February.
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23386267.plans-move-taxis-york-station-portico-fundamentally-wrong/