http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Charlotte Square gardens to open for public events" en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-196204 Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:34:54 +0000 kaputnik 196204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/charlotte-square-restoration-plans-put-on-hold-1-3861523" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/charlotte-square-restoration-plans-put-on-hold-1-3861523</a></p> <p>Or not...</p> <p>Unsurprisingly the tax-haven based developer haven't stumped up the cash the council optimistically thought they would so it's all cancelled for now.</p> <p>Business as usual then with a locked off greenspace and the road being a badly rutted car park. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187633 Tue, 05 May 2015 11:00:43 +0000 SRD 187633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First they came for the Ladyboys, then they came for the book fair, who will be next.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187632 Tue, 05 May 2015 10:56:39 +0000 chdot 187632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'They later clarified that approved bicycle clubs - abiding by a dress code - would be tolerated.' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187631 Tue, 05 May 2015 10:54:46 +0000 chdot 187631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Cockburn Ass said and we want <em>only</em> carriages <em>with</em> horses around the Square(s) and on George Street.' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187630 Tue, 05 May 2015 10:34:13 +0000 PS 187630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's WAR!</p> <p>"Edinburgh book festival <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/edinburgh-book-festival-may-be-forced-to-move-1-3762927">'may be forced to move'</a>*</p> <p>"The Cockburn Association, the city’s most powerful and influential heritage watchdog, is calling for an end to the practice of hiring out its historic garden for events because of the “degradation” they cause.</p> <p>The organisation, formed in 1875, says the book festival and high-profile events in St Andrew Square Garden, which it also wants banned, are ruining the “classic New Town architecture” of George Street and the gardens that bookend it."</p> <p>And so on...</p> <p>*There is nothing in the article to suggest that it may be forced to move. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187505 Fri, 01 May 2015 15:44:40 +0000 Arellcat 187505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Why would anyone want to own more than one bicycle?</em></p> <p>Said every block of flats planner ever. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187498 Fri, 01 May 2015 14:28:56 +0000 Stickman 187498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm: my post was missing the ;-) but I'm sure you knew that! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187496 Fri, 01 May 2015 14:12:28 +0000 fimm 187496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why would anyone want to own only one bicycle?<br /> ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187494 Fri, 01 May 2015 14:03:15 +0000 Stickman 187494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why would anyone want to own more than one bicycle? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187489 Fri, 01 May 2015 13:29:31 +0000 Arellcat 187489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Q. When is a mews flat not a mews flat?</em></p> <p>When the living accommodation ownership has been split from the stabling/carriage/motor car accommodation beneath.</p> <p>Mews ought to be ideal town living spaces for people who don't want to own a motor vehicle but do want to own multiple bicycles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187483 Fri, 01 May 2015 12:26:23 +0000 wingpig 187483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haven't seen it used for that for a while:<br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2KV89G"><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1266/1153331084_f8fa3de208_m.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2KV89G">c2007-07-23_13-52-38_011</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/32135502@N00/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187482 Fri, 01 May 2015 12:15:14 +0000 jdanielp 187482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I spotted a line of seven fly fishers casting their lines (but seemingly failing to catch anything) in the middle of Charlotte Square when I wandered by on Sunday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187475 Fri, 01 May 2015 11:11:02 +0000 kaputnik 187475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite a few old New Town townhouses being returned to residential use by splitting them up into smaller flats. Sorry, "apartments".</p> <p>I was amused by the big marketing hoarding on one such townhouse development in Queen Street proclaiming "COMING SOON: 9 NEW LUXURY MEWS FLATS".<br /> Q. When is a mews flat not a mews flat?<br /> A. When it's not on a mews. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187467 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:40:28 +0000 chdot 187467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On reading Scotsman link, suspect it's a different set of properties. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187466 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:37:30 +0000 chdot 187466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not wrong, may have changed mind/investment strategy -</p> <p><a href="http://www.ianfraser.org/how-walter-scott-is-turning-charlotte-square-around-town-house-by-town-house" rel="nofollow">http://www.ianfraser.org/how-walter-scott-is-turning-charlotte-square-around-town-house-by-town-house</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187463 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:33:08 +0000 Stickman 187463@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actually, it looks like I'm completely wrong about that.....</p> <p><a href="http://m.scotsman.com/business/charlotte-square-properties-won-t-be-put-up-for-sale-1-3070001" rel="nofollow">http://m.scotsman.com/business/charlotte-square-properties-won-t-be-put-up-for-sale-1-3070001</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187462 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:31:23 +0000 Stickman 187462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i seem to recall that a *very* wealthy private equity manager has been buying up the Charlotte Square properties and restoring them. He has an aim of bringing some/most of them back into use as residences rather than just offices. Think it was quite a positive plan from what I can recall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187457 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:19:57 +0000 kaputnik 187457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good idea. Who wants/needs a big square of grass with a tall iron fence stopping you making any use of it?</p> <p>"The proprietors". Anyone know who actually owns the square? One of our esteemed landed gentries, an investment fund, a shady, tax efficient New Town garden holding/administration trust? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187452 Fri, 01 May 2015 10:06:05 +0000 wingpig 187452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Personally, I much preferred it when Craigleith was a huge deposit of fine white sand deep under the sea, or better still when Arthur's Seat was proudly spewing molten rock all over the place. Much grander than hacking out unnaturally-shaped cuboidal blocks to face houses or surface streets with. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187448 Fri, 01 May 2015 09:37:18 +0000 chdot 187448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A further move to ruin the setting of George Street and its two squares"</p> <p>There are times when 'campaigning to protect the past' is a good thing, and sometimes the Cockburn does a good job of 'standing up for Edinburgh', but... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187447 Fri, 01 May 2015 09:32:32 +0000 wingpig 187447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or, as the Cockburn Association phrased it on FB, "A further move to ruin the setting of George Street and its two squares". They then replaced their dummy and went back to wistfully perusing the original drawings for the New Town. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14756#post-187441 Fri, 01 May 2015 08:49:27 +0000 chdot 187441@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/charlotte-square-gardens-to-open-for-public-events-1-3759977" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/charlotte-square-gardens-to-open-for-public-events-1-3759977</a> </p>