http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Glasgow University expansion will transform city’s West End" en Tue, 19 May 2026 07:18:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16513#post-222627 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:32:32 +0000 chdot 222627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A new public square will also be built close to Kelvin Hall, allowing pedestrians a new route to reach Kelvingrove Park from Byres Road.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/glasgow-university-expansion-will-transform-city-s-west-end-1-4149408" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/glasgow-university-expansion-will-transform-city-s-west-end-1-4149408</a></p> <p><em>Presumably</em> they'll plan for bikes too...(?)</p> <p>EU 'transformed' the South Side - but not as comprehensively as it had originally intended -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Backed up by post-war Welfare State policies, the University of Edinburgh wanted to stay where its root was, no matter how difficult that would be. The University believed its redevelopment would be a good contribution to the renewal of the City. However, the demolition of old houses and the construction of modernist architecture around George Square of the Old Town by the University raised public hostility and, as such, was a bitter experience in the urban history of Edinburgh. This paper explains the background and examines the ambitions and conflicts connected with the redevelopment of the University of Edinburgh after the Second World War. Based on this, it tries to explore why it was so difficult to reconcile between both sides, ‘Town and Gown’, in the Edinburgh context.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://research.ncl.ac.uk/forum/v7i1/Hu-Lin-Rebuilding%20the%20university%20of%20Edinburgh.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://research.ncl.ac.uk/forum/v7i1/Hu-Lin-Rebuilding%20the%20university%20of%20Edinburgh.pdf</a> </p>