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
13. Leeds city centre in 1999
Youngsters join in with the music of west Africa with band Janta Bi who entertained city centre shoppers as part of the Rhythms of the City festival in August 1999. Photo: Alex Cave/UNP
14. Leeds city centre in 1999
Emily Pugh, Samuel Davis and Karen Akers are dressed in some of the clothes available at the Shelter charity shop on Duncan Street in October 1999. Photo: Claire Lim
15. Leeds city centre in 1999
Did you enjoy a meal here back in the day? ASK restaurant pictured in September 1999. Photo: Claire Lim
16. Leeds city centre in 1999
Family re-union for 15 brothers and sisters at the Allders store on The Headrow in December 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
17. Leeds city centre in 1999
Fans queue for a meet and greet with Status Quo at HMV in April 1999. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
18. Leeds city centre in 1999
Egyptian vases were discovered during the renovation of The Italian Job restaurant in May 1999. Pictured is Domenico Roberto from the restaurant admiring the ancient pottery found by joiners Stephen Rutter, left, and Mark Lee, right. Photo: Dan Oxtoby