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Description: | 21st january 2006.
View of number 1 City Square located to the north of City Square. It is on the site of the 1901 Standard Life Assurance building which was replaced by the Norwich Union building in 1969. This was demolished in 1995 and this new building seen here was designed by Abbey Hanson Rowe and opened in 1998. Light is reflecting off the recessed glass atrium which has views over City Square. Number 1 City Square is constructed on 12 floors and is for office use. In the background, left, is part of the General Post Office building dating from 1896. On the right is the Park Plaza Hotel on the corner of Boar Lane and Park Row in City Square. It occupies Royal Exchange House and has 186 bedrooms.
Photograph courtesy of James William Bell. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | City Square Park Plaza Number 1 City Square | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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