1999 was a 12 months full of full of hope and expectation for a city on the up. Plans for the proposed Millennium Square in city centre were unveiled while it was full steam ahead for a major rebuilding project at Leeds City Station, branded as Leeds 1st. The development would see the expansion of platforms from 12 to 17 and the construction of additional approach tracks at the western end of the railway station. Work had also started on a new city centre shopping centre - The Light - which still remains a feature of the cityscape. Enjoy this collection of photos, a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, charting a year in the life of your city at the end of a decade. READ MORE: 18 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1998 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Lincoln Green
Cherry Row from Lincoln Green Road. In view are One Stop Shop, grocers and newsagent, then a fish & chip shop and KLF furniture store. The end property was once a cinema, the Olympia Picture Hall, which opened in September 1912, after being converted from an old slate works. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
20. Kirkstall
This is Val Beman who worked as a catering supervisor at Yorkshire Television. She won an award from her bosses. Val is pictured on her afternoon tea trolley run in the Calendar offices on Kirkstall Road. | YPN Photo: YPN
21. Headingley
A view looking along Otley Road towards Arndale Centre and Arndale House on the right in October 1999. North Lane is to the left and Wood Lane to the right. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
22. Hunslet
Did you buy a car from here back in the day? The showroom of car dealership Reg Vardy from Chadwick Street in Hunslet pictured in October 1999. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
23. Hunslet
A view looking down from Hunslet distributor on to Whitehouse Street and the Angels Wing office complex. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
24. Leeds in 1999
A view looking up Bishopgate. Dino's italian restaurant is on the left with the Queens Hotel also visible on left. On the right the Scarborough Hotel can be seen. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net