They focus on 1991, a year which featured construction of the city centre building whose architecture divides opinion among locals. Work was well underway on Quarry House, which in time would earn the nickname 'The Kremlin'. It would open two years later at a cost of £55 million providing new headquarters for the Department of Health and Social Security and housing 2,000 staff. It was also a year which featured shoppers traipsing around the city centre in search of a bargain and the footbridge over the York Road flyover enjoying a lick of paint. These images are published photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks. READ MORE: 20 photos to take you back to Leeds in 1990 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![The old Headmaster's house at Meanwood Church of England Primary School. It is empty and boarded up in September 1991 prior to refurbishment and extensions to existing buildings.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU5ODIwODc4LTI5NTYtNDgxYS1iMjM1LTA4ZmQ2ODkyODljMzpkZjBiY2I4NS04YjMzLTQwNWMtOWVlNi00ZTZkYzk1YjBjZmI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Leeds in 1991
The old Headmaster's house at Meanwood Church of England Primary School. It is empty and boarded up in September 1991 prior to refurbishment and extensions to existing buildings. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Travellers Rest pub on Hill Top Road in Armley. This building is believed to date from circa 1937, though a previous Travellers Rest had existed on the site going back to at least the 1840s.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJhNDRiZmM5LWRhMDYtNGVjYi04NGFmLTM4NmEzZGNlOWE3Zjo0ZjNmZWVkYy1lYWY4LTQ4MTAtYmY0OC0zYTgyMzFiMzJkMGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Leeds in 1991
Travellers Rest pub on Hill Top Road in Armley. This building is believed to date from circa 1937, though a previous Travellers Rest had existed on the site going back to at least the 1840s. Photo: E. A. Holmes
![Caravans and trailers from the gypsy and traveller community. The roadside site at Stourton is located near railway wagons containing chemicals. Pictured in August 1991.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmNjNzQ4OWY2LTU3NWYtNDRkOC1hN2RmLTZiNGMwOGMzOWRlZDpkMzYzYTEzNS1kYWUzLTRhZTAtOWE4ZS0zYjc0ODBhYzEwNDk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. Leeds in 1991
Caravans and trailers from the gypsy and traveller community. The roadside site at Stourton is located near railway wagons containing chemicals. Pictured in August 1991. Photo: YPN
![Fire engines outside Kirkstall Fire Station on Kirkstall Road. This station was built in 1972 and demolished in the 1990s to be replaced with a new station.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM1YWRlZjYwLWE4NzktNGMwYS1iZDI1LWNmMzUxOWY3NzA4ODo1ZDg2Njk0OC03NDNmLTQzZDgtODY2Mi04YTA1YjIwYjE1OGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
10. Leeds in 1991
Fire engines outside Kirkstall Fire Station on Kirkstall Road. This station was built in 1972 and demolished in the 1990s to be replaced with a new station. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Colenso Mount showing St. Edward's Church Hall, which is unoccupied at the time of the picture in February 1991, having spent some time as a community centre following the demolition of the church.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzOTYzZTM5LWYxN2YtNDI1Zi04Yzk5LTRlZDZkOGMyOTgzODo4MzgxNzUyNi1kNzQ3LTQ1MDItOWEwOS1hMTQxZjE1NWQ0ZGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Leeds in 1991
Colenso Mount showing St. Edward's Church Hall, which is unoccupied at the time of the picture in February 1991, having spent some time as a community centre following the demolition of the church. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
![Looking east along York Road in March 1991, taken from the lay-by outside the shops. The junction with Rookwood Avenue is on the right, followed by the Little Chef restaurant and petrol filling station, and behind these blocks of high-rise flats.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM5YzM4YmIyLWE3NjEtNDlmMi04NGYyLWNjODQ3ZGFlZjc1YjpmNjQ2NGJmNS02NTdlLTQyYjMtYjkxYy00MmQzMmVhMmEwZDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Leeds in 1991
Looking east along York Road in March 1991, taken from the lay-by outside the shops. The junction with Rookwood Avenue is on the right, followed by the Little Chef restaurant and petrol filling station, and behind these blocks of high-rise flats. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net