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
25. Leeds city centre
Martyn Bracegridle runs along Wellington Street on his Lands End to Lands End run via John O'Groats challenge. He had already completed more than 1,300 of the 2,000 mile run in aid of Mencap and Marie Curie Cancer Care. | Gary Longbottom Photo: Gary Longbottom
26. Leeds city centre
Art's Cafe on Call Lane pictured in October 1999. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
27. Leeds city centre
A busy Albion Street in September 1999. People sit on the chairs outside the sandwich shop. Leeds Shopping Plaza is to the left and in particular, JJB Sports Superstore. On the right is The Link, mobile phone shop, Waterstones, booksellers and Specsavers, opticians. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
28. Leeds city centre
Leeds's own Nell McAndrew, who played computer game heroine Lara Croft, was voted Yorkshire Personality of the Year at the Yorkshire Young Achiever Awards. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
29. Leeds city centre
The corner of the Light complex which is on junction of Albion Street and The Headrow. At the time of this photograph in October 1999 The Light is in the process of development. | Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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Share your memories of Leeds in 1999 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | YPN Photo: YPN