http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Old Town plan ‘like using MFI to fix Chippendale’ " en Thu, 21 May 2026 13:50:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4617#post-49019 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:51:06 +0000 crowriver 49019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Planning policy states ‘a faithful historic reconstruction of Kay’s built scheme could be an acceptable solution. A pastiche approach will not be supported”.'</p> <p>Quite right too. Reasonable modern solutions are preferable to cheap fakery. Presumably it is prohibitively expensive to recreate the destroyed stone facades. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4617#post-49017 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:43:56 +0000 chdot 49017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Couldn't resist the headline!</p> <p>"<br /> ROW over the architecture of a hotel development to fill an ugly blackened hole left by a fire in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town nearly a decade ago is threatening to stall the project even longer.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/old_town_plan_like_using_mfi_to_fix_chippendale_1_1990618" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/old_town_plan_like_using_mfi_to_fix_chippendale_1_1990618</a> </p>