Micklegate Public Realm Proposals a presentation to the City of York Council Micklegate 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 Bishophill The Mount Bishopthorpe Rd Strengthen Micklegate’s connection with the City centre Businesses Offices • Provide Micklegate with a Hungate 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 & Yorkshire 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 Ousegate Bridge the gate Holy Trinity & St Martins Church • Opportunity to showcase externally the area’s Clifford’s Tower & York Castle 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’ .