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Description: | 1997.
View of the Canal Wharf at the Canal Basin looking in the direction of Victoria Bridge. Two barges are moored in front of Quayside House, right, opposite the Canal Basin, left. The boat in the foreground is The Horbury and acts as storage and supplies for the Kirkstall Flyboat moored behind it. The Kirkstall Flyboat is a purpose-built pleasure boat run by Yorkshire Hire Cruisers Ltd. It is equipped to take private parties of up to 50 people on cruises along the canal and River Aire. On the left a train can be seen crossing over the dark arches, about to enter the City Station. The large building in the background left is the Hilton Hotel in Neville Street. Next to it the Green Flag building is under construction, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and also situated in Neville Street. It was designed by architects, T.P. Bennett Partnership on the former Leeds Co-op coal depot site, and opened in July 1998. The background of this view on the left hand side of the canal is now obscured by the residential complex 'Blue'. The car parking and surrounding area in front of the railway arches at Granary Wharf has, since this photograph was taken, been developed by Isis to provide two residential buildings, Candle House and Waterman's Place and a City Inn Hotel. These were completed in 2009/2010. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hilton Hotel Canal Wharf Canal Basin Granary Wharf Neville Street City Station | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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