YEP Building

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 17 Apr, 2014 12:42 pm

uncle mick wrote: LS1 wrote: Is it correct that the tower and clock are being left/ relocated? The tower & clock are staying http://tinyurl.com/nmnpnew Cheers for that link uncle mick (and also polo). It's interesting to read the following in the YEP article (which is dated April 17 2014):- "The site is set to become a ‘temporary’ 500-space car park with a separate section for public services vehicles, but its long-term future is yet to be decided. The buyer is said to be exploring options. Tim Waring of Quod, planning advisors to the developer, said: “ Given it is such a high profile site and one of the ‘first impressions’ people get when arriving in Leeds, the car park is an essential temporary measure while the plans for the site’s final redevelopment evolve. “As such, our plans involve high quality landscaping and a major environmental enhancement, benefitting this part of the city during the period between demolition and redevelopment.” ".I was surprised that the long-term future of the site seems not to be known yet. I would not be too surprised if in a few years time that it was still a car park! Oh, and could "public service vehicles" mean trolleybuses!

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 06 May, 2014 1:44 am

Demolition now practically complete right across the buildings at the river side of the site.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Tue 06 May, 2014 11:15 am

jim wrote: Demolition now practically complete right across the buildings at the river side of the site. I cant say i am sorry to see it go the building did nothing for me .Just concrete slabs i have seen far better buildings lost in the past.

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 12 May, 2014 6:51 pm

Heavy machinery now attacking the concrete parts of the structure, and going great guns.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Mon 12 May, 2014 6:57 pm

Hi Jim hope you're wellYes I saw some of that from the inbound inner ring road. I don't know the river as well as the canal but it should be a good view from the oppo shore.Also for photographers interested, there's a multi storey car park next door to it for ringside shotshttp://goo.gl/maps/JVqXI

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 13 May, 2014 12:27 am

Hi Jogon, I'm fine, trust you are the same. My view of the site is from a little higher up than yours, top deck of a No16 bus!

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 09 Jun, 2014 5:49 pm

Today's progress - the concrete gobblers have now reached and begun to remove the middle of the Wellington Street facade of the YEP buildings.On the same journey I noticed that the barren waste next to the old Wellesley Hotel is full of plant etc, and it looks like new piling is to take place. About time someone did something with the site.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Mon 09 Jun, 2014 7:45 pm

I hope they find my biro!

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 5:35 pm

couple of shots from a little higher still (about 40m).

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 11 Jun, 2014 5:36 pm