The situation with the Shambles in York followed a lighting display as part of the 'illuminating York' light show which takes place for 3-4 days at the back end of the October half term holidays each year.
In Shambles a line or mirrorballs had been installed using catenary wires and LED spotlights mounted to the adjacent buildings. The bin bags over the street lights were to enable the best effect to be had, however the Z5590 on the corner of Shambles and a side entrance to the market didn't get covered up.
It seems as though those who were doing the light show just wanted to get done and out as quickly as possible, not reinstating the normal lighting after they had removed their own equipment
Elsewhere about 6 Philips Iridium 2s have popped up as singles in various places of York city centre... however there is a twist with these because they are not conventional street lights.
Instead these are projector lights fitted with intelligent circuitry and a radar-based system. Also installed as part of the light festival in the city, though the lanterns will remain in place until December.
The lanterns are being referred to as "Shadowing" lights, the radar system tracks people who move under the beam of the light and then a few seconds later a copy of their shadow is beamed across the pool of light (the idea being that the shadow from the previous person is shown just as the next person is walking along, so that a person is walking along with two shadows).
These lanterns are "Leased" from those who organised the light show, and after these are removed then either the previous lantern or an LED lantern will be fitted - in the case of the one outside the Minster it is highly likely a V-Max will be fitted
More recently, as part of the new Stadium project at Monks Cross, which includes a new multiscreen cinema with IMAX and more shops and eateries, the site area has now fenced off a section of Katryn Avenue.
This section contains three 8m columns with 2-month-old V-Max fitted whilst there is the now closed bus lane too which has two columns within the site fitted a DW Windsor lantern also badged as the Kingfisher Serika.
This road is eventually going to be ripped up, as is the curved section of cycle path which goes around the Park and Ride site; the new road will go around behind the new stadium and run parallel to Jockey Lane whilst the P&R carpark is to be extended and squared off with the new cycle path going around the perimeter of that.
This will see a fair few Urbis K-LUX 101s removed in addition to the base-hinged Abacus columns they are fitted to, the aforementioned V-Max and DWWs, and a row of what I believe are Thorn Beta 99s.
Jockey Lane itself has some new columns gone up, with one or two to replace existing columns with V-MAX fitted and and or two others to replace smaller columns sporting TerraLEDs with 8m columns and V-MAX as part of a new shared pathway on one side of the road which includes a new zebra crossing.