A proposal to create a new shopping arcade in the city of York to provide 90,000m² of retail, restaurant and leisure space with associated car parking. The scheme, designed with Holder Mathias Architects, proposes a three-storey glazed arcade, spanning the River Foss, linking Piccadilly to Clifford’s Tower to York Castle, thereby connecting both to the pedestrian friendly city centre and creating a new retail and tourist circuit. In addition to improving links between the castle and the city centre, the scheme provides a new setting for the castle, currently blighted by surface car parking.