Micklegate Public Realm Proposals a presentation to the City of Council is a ‘Through Route’ into the City Centre Successful retail models persuade people to pause outside shops

You need to give people a reason to go there Stigmatised by the label ‘Micklegate Run’ MAKE MICKLEGATE A ‘PLACE’ Make Micklegate a ‘Place’

• Transform Micklegate from a ‘through route’ into Dining Shopping Market Points attractive destination

Cafe Culture Green Spaces Social Meeting Points • Provide residents west of river with their own locality

• Enhance the dining and Micklegate cafe culture

• Revitalise the retail offer & improve quality of shop fronts at street level

The Mount

Bishopthorpe Rd Strengthen Micklegate’s connection with the City centre

Businesses Offices • Provide Micklegate with a Development Shops Cafe & Dining new identity

York City Centre • Provide a significant book- end opposing the new Hungate development on the same main axis through

Micklegate city centre St Mary’s Abbey & Museum Reinforce the York Minster Historical significance

• Micklegate Bar is the most important of York’s medieval gateways & the York City Centre main entrance to the city

Micklegate • The focus for grand events has witnessed half a dozen York Dungeon & Jorvik Viking Museum Monarchs passing through

Low Bridge the gate

Holy Trinity & St Martins Church • Opportunity to showcase externally the area’s Clifford’s Tower & heritage & reinforce links Micklegate Bar to York’s major tourist attractions Opportunities within the immediate context

• Introduce temporary business through the various seasons Prioritise pedestrians and cycles

• Psychologically allow people feel safe once they have entered through Micklegate Bar

Poor city transport design

How cities should be designed Add recreational and cultural activities

• Create community engagement

• Provide spaces for adult and family recreation

Adult & family recreation CONCEPT IDEAS Divert Traffic around Toft Green

• Reduce the number of cars on Micklegate

• Cars access the City Centre via George Hudson Street Concept

• Bring the focus back to pedestrians and cyclists

• Change the hard surface materials to a pedestrian friendly approach

• Introduce a central spine of soft landscaping, trees, al-fresco dining, street furniture, cycle parking, flexible / temporary market stalls & enhanced lighting

• Running at least up until the junction of Trinity Lane & Barker Lane

• Or the entire length of Micklegate? Reinforce Micklegate as a ‘Place’

• A ‘Place’ is created rather than a simple street

• Micklegate is transformed into a ‘Destination’ and its overall perception is changed Introduce a controlled and speed restricted one-way system

• Allows deliveries to existing and new commercial units

• Maintains access for public service vehicles

• Space for temporary parking

• Shared surface maintains pedestrian priority Concept Proposals

• People inhabit the street

• Social interaction is encouraged

• Footfall is increased

• Retail experience is transformed - empty shops are revitalised, existing businesses are reinvigorated

• Opportunity to incorporate an historical visual exhibition within the new fabric - an external ‘tapestry’ charting significant historical events

• Micklegate becomes a ‘Place’