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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 Balmoral Hotel is a hotel and landmark in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the heart of the city at the east end of Princes Street, the main shopping street beneath the Edinburgh Castle rock, and the southern edge of the New Town. It is accessed from Princes Street, on its north side, and flanked by North Bridge and Waverley Steps.
Opposite it, on the west side, was a row of Category B listed tenements at 1–12 Melbourne Place, demolished in 1966–67 to make way for an additional office building for Midlothian County Council, designed in 1968 by Robert Matthew of Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall partners but cleared away to make way for a new hotel development originally ...
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.
[17] [2] By 2013 it had become, according to the Edinburgh Evening News, "the city’s most prestigious shopping district". [18] In October 2012, the City of Edinburgh Council approved a 12-month trial starting in June 2014 that saw George Street featuring a one way system for vehicles, and a dedicated two way bike lane. As part of this the ...
Edinburgh Castle, Portcullis Gate And Argyle Tower 55°56′56″N 3°11′59″W / 55.948884°N 3.199698°W / 55.948884; -3.199698 ( Edinburgh Castle, Portcullis Gate And Argyle Category A
Dumbiedykes (/ d ʌ m iː ˈ d aɪ k s / [1]) is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park .
A 2/3 interest in the hotel was sold jointly with the North British Hotel and the Gleneagles Hotel on 18 June 1981 to Gleneagles Hotels plc for £5.75 million. [12] The remaining 1/3 interest in the three properties was sold in March 1984. [13] The Caledonian was sold to Norfolk Capital Hotels in 1984. [14]