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After the Canongate suburb merged into the city of Edinburgh in 1856, and the Canongate Tolbooth was abandoned, the north range of the Royal Exchange became too crowded once again and in 1893 the Council bought back the rest of the old Royal Exchange building and renamed it as the Edinburgh City Chambers. The City Chambers continues to be the ...
The City of Edinburgh Council have undertaken the long term Pennywell and Muirhouse Regeneration Project. [13] Much of the area's low-mid rise housing has been, or is set to be demolished as part of the City Council's plan to provide 1,100 new council houses in some of the city's most deprived estates. [14]
The City of Edinburgh Council has administered the house since Mrs Reid's death in 1926, which today offers a glimpse of Edwardian life in a Scottish country house. Lauriston Castle was bequeathed to the nation of Scotland in 1926 and is held in Trust by nominated councillors of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Since then, several more private developments of varying sizes and scope have been added, creating a suburban cluster almost separate from the city's main urban area (partly due to the natural boundary of the Braid Hills); since 2007 this has formed the Liberton/Gilmerton ward under the City of Edinburgh Council serving a population of around ...
15 July – Figures show Edinburgh City Council issued over 6,000 low emission zone fines since the city's low emission zone was introduced. [ 207 ] 17 July – Members of Unison at 14 Scottish council areas, including Glasgow, Perth and Kinross and Dumfries and Galloway, vote to take industrial action after describing a pay offer from COSLA as ...
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The City Chambers initially housed Edinburgh Town Council from 1893 to 1895, when that body was replaced by Edinburgh Corporation. It remained the Corporation's headquarters until it was replaced by Edinburgh District Council under the wider Lothian Regional Council in May 1975. [ 8 ]
Managed jointly by the city council and the South Side Association, the centre continues to house a range of community facilities and groups. During the Edinburgh Fringe, it is used as a venue under the name Zoo Southside. The building was constructed in 1820 to a perpendicular Gothic design by James Gillespie Graham. It was gutted by fire and ...