USUALLY I come into York through the Museum Gardens, a very pleasant experience. The other day I came along Stonebow and was ashamed of my lovely city.

Surely we should upgrade roads like this and the south end of Piccadilly, a horrid area, before we start building new shopping areas and spoiling the Clifford's Tower site.

S M Porter,

St Mary's Close,

Wigginton, York.

Updated: 10:40 Monday, March 31, 2003