http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Fight over an empty school hits taxpayers for £1.25m" en Thu, 21 May 2026 09:08:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29865 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:31:45 +0000 spytefear 29865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gah tis buried I say... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29750 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:03:19 +0000 gembo 29750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spytefyre there is a beer outing proposed, venue not decided was supposed to be beer garden but several options no sign of garden or even window box in case of Dagda/Proctors. Your task is to find the thread and do your timetable thing again [this should also allow you to name the hostelry?] Should you choose to accept. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29724 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:31:25 +0000 spytefear 29724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't forget if Burdiehouse hadn't been demolished the second the last human had fled the doorway it would have been smashed and burned by the locals within the night anyway...<br /> Really all they did was remove a whole lot of peopl's fun for an evening </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29603 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:37:22 +0000 amir 29603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the school building looks quite nice. Unfortunately, judging by other buildings that have been passed by Midlothian Council, I suspect the replacement will be not be so classy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29599 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:26:12 +0000 kaputnik 29599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How dare Historic Scotland undertake their duties of trying to protect a listed building and stand in the way of the council selling it on to be flattened to make way for some identikit housing scheme </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2776#post-29593 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:02:19 +0000 chdot 29593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not Edinburgh (Dalkeith), but some insight into how planning does/n't work. </p> <p>In Edinburgh Burdiehouse Primary was demolished rapidly after it closed (last year) but other schools remain empty even though the expectation is eventual demolition. </p> <p>There was a Sunday Herald article a couple of weeks ago by (Edinburgh cyclist) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser_(architect)">Malcolm Fraser</a> about the need to re-use buildings for aesthetic and sustainability reasons - he was talking about demolition of sandstone tenements for the 2014 Games 'village'.</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Fight-over-an-empty-school.6754383.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Fight-over-an-empty-school.6754383.jp</a> </p>