Demolition gang heralds new era in Walmgate

Demolition gang heralds new era in Walmgate

8:15am Thursday 3rd April 2014 in News

The old Press buildings are being demolished to make way for student flats

FROM construction to demolition - these pictures show how The Press' headquarters in Walmgate has come full circle in just over a quarter of a century.

Back in the 1980s, the then Yorkshire Evening Press was based in Coney Street alongside the River Ouse, where City Screen is based today.

But the site was outdated, with increasingly difficult access for the newspaper delivery vans, and so it was decided to relocate to a new HQ.

Any temptation to move to an out-of-town site was resisted, in the belief that the local newspaper should remain in the heart of the city - ideally within the city walls.

It so happened that MFI, which in those days was a booming furniture retailer, wanted to move out of its base in Walmgate to a bigger store on Hull Road and The Press acquired the site.

In 1988, York construction firm Shepherd set about building a huge new printworks and office complex, and staff moved in the following year.

In recent years, the changing face of the newspaper industry has left increasing parts of the site unoccupied, particularly after the printworks closed down and printing of The Press was transferred to Bradford.

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