It was a year that Leeds lass Nell McAndrew first came to the public's attention thanks to her role as the Lara Croft model for the video game Tomb Raider. The 12 months also featured creativity and fundraising as well as a raft of new openings. Is this a city you remember? READ MORE: 28 Leeds restaurants you may remember from the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds in 1998
Clarence Dock by night, showing the Royal Armouries Museum on the left, taken during the Waterfront Festival of 1998. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
2. Leeds in 1998
ATS Ltd on Chartists Way in Morley pictured in November 1998. By the year 2000 this building was the only part of the Great Northern Railway complex still standing in the area where Morley Top Station had been. It had been a warehouse where goods could be unloaded from railway trucks under cover close to the edge of the railway goods yard. Photo: David Atkinson Archive
3. Leeds in 1998
Otley Branch Library on Boroughgate in June 1998. A window display for Otley Carnival can be seen. This library was closed down at the end of 2005 and a new purpose built library was opened on Nelson Street in January 2006. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
4. Leeds in 1998
Inside Bramley Branch Library on Hough Lane. This photo shows the entrance to the main part of the library. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
5. Leeds in 1998
Garforth Youth Facility for teenagers, otherwise known as GYFT based on the first floor of Garforth Library on Lidgett Lane. Taken at the time of its opening in April 1998, this was a pioneering venture of a combined library and youth club, which provided computer facilities , CDs for hire and an information and advice service as well as the usual books. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
6. Leeds in 1998
The Civic Theatre building on Cookridge Street pictured in March 1998. It originally opened as Leeds Mechanics Institute in 1868, before becoming the Civic Theatre in 1949. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net