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The original name of the group of three blocks was "Comiston Luxury Flats". [1] They boasted outstanding views across Edinburgh, [4] and offered a much better place to live than the slums of the inner city. However, a short while after their completion several problems were drawn into attention such as dampness, and after the 1970s the original ...
Caltongate (now known as New Waverley Square) is the largest city centre redevelopment project in Edinburgh since the 18th century. [1] First proposed in 2005, it took 9 years to be given the go-ahead by Edinburgh Council, [2] after disruption caused by the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
The tallest buildings in the city are churches and suburban tower blocks. The administrative area of Edinburgh includes the three bridges across the Firth of Forth to the north-east of the city (the Queensferry Crossing , Forth Road Bridge and Forth Bridge ), which are all taller than any building in the city itself.
To the west of the neighbourhood is the A720 Edinburgh city bypass road, with Heriot-Watt University's main campus at Riccarton beyond. To the north, the Calders borders the A71 Calder Road , which at that point is a dual carriageway leading off the city bypass towards Gorgie and the city centre; on the other side of the A71 is the large ...
Colony houses were built as double flats, upper and lower, with the upper flat's front door on the opposite side to the lower flat's front door, allowing each flat to have a front garden. In some areas, many upper Cottage Flat owners have converted their attic space in to additional living accommodation resulting in the property being more ...
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 ]
Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat, [1] Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) [2] is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland.It is in the west of the city centre and is the junction of several main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads south-west to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading west to the M8 and the M9 for Stirling and the north), and Shandwick Place (leading east ...
The Pleasance is a street just outside the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, a remnant of the Flodden Wall flanking the west side of the street between Drummond Street and the Cowgate. [1] Historically, the street was one of the main routes into Edinburgh from the south, meeting St Mary's Wynd (now St Mary's Street) at St Mary's Wynd Port, one ...