Work was well underway on the city centre’s latest retail and leisure development The Light on The Headrow at a cost of £100 million and created an arcade over two listed buildings. This was 1999, a year which featured plenty of fundraising, celebrity visits and talking points. Enjoy these photos, plucked from the YEP archive, charting a year in the life of your city centre. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
1. Leeds city centre in 1999
Enjoy these photo memories from a year in the life of Leeds city centre. Photo: Third Party
2. Leeds city centre in 1999
Tetley's Brewery Shire horses make their way through city centre for the Easter parade in April 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
3. Leeds city centre in 1999
Three Legs pub Karaoke presenter 'Big Jackie' and landlord Geoff Rose display the toys for for donation to Leeds hospitals in December 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
4. Leeds city centre in 1999
Christmas shoppers in the city centre in December 1999. Photo: Claire Lim
5. Leeds city centre in 1999
November 1999 and deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Jean White (centre) along with Frank Whittingham, from Support and Care after Road Death and Injury watch Hilda Armstrong, co-ordinator of Campaign Against Drink Driving, lay posies at the unveiling of a plaque on Park Square to commemorate victims of the city's roads. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
6. Leeds city centre memories
Arthur Riley signs copies of his new book"50 Years of Stage and Screen", at city centre tourist information centre Gateway in November 1999. Photo: Claire Lim