http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "£3.5m redevelopment plan for old observatory" en Fri, 22 May 2026 05:58:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14686#post-186189 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:25:16 +0000 Cyclingmollie 186189@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been invited to a party there tomorrow. I shall have a look. Not sure it's exactly "<a href="http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/The-City-Observatory">derelict</a>" though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14686#post-186172 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:52:47 +0000 chdot 186172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Plans to transform a derelict 18th-century observatory on Calton Hill into a modern art gallery have been revealed.</p> <p>Historic buildings that have lain empty for more than five years will be refurbished as the new home for the modern art 
Collective gallery, with a new pavilion being built in the north-west corner of the walled compound.</p> <p>Celebrated architect Malcolm Fraser has been signed up to redevelop the William Playfair-designed observatory, visible across much of Edinburgh, that dates back to the construction of the city’s New Town.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/3-5m-redevelopment-plan-for-old-observatory-1-3745556" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/3-5m-redevelopment-plan-for-old-observatory-1-3745556</a> </p>