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"New ‘skin’ for ugly Edinburgh University tower"
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Posted 10 years ago #
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More than one possibly needs to know about building the University of Edinburgh:
http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/4057
It's a good read, though. Volume I comprises Fenton's four books, and Volume II is entirely photographs and schematics.
I remember being in Appleton Tower for something-or-other when I was at secondary school. The lecture room we were posted to looked like it was lifted straight out of The Bash Street Kids. But creaky lifts are venerable and exciting, like the ones that used to whisk guests up from Waverley station into the NB.
Posted 10 years ago # -
"like the ones that used to whisk guests up from Waverley station into the NB"
"whisk"? I just remember it seemed to be a long walk after a short lift. No idea when they did away with it.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Appearances aside, one of the problems that Appleton Tower has is that it has no grand and purposeful front entrance - that was meant to be built across the road in another building (now occupied by the new Informatics building, the land that lay empty as a car park for 20, 30 years). You would have entered Appleton Tower across the road through a corridor. The entrance as is was only meant to be a convenient side access.
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Talking of the Infomatics building, I notice whenever I am on a bus passing it that the grassy area bordering Potterow is a bit......messy - I seem to remember it was just a lot of rubble and muck which was left unturfed/seeded.
Seems odd as the rest of the bulding is pretty smart both inside and out.
Or have I missed the point and it was an intentional 'wild' space??
Posted 10 years ago # -
@Nelly - if i'm thinking of the bit you are then that area gets covered by a compound for a month or so each year during the festival which kind of ruins any intended function.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Appleton Tower historic 1960s building, seems a shame to try and hide its 1960s period beauty
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