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"Development is given go-ahead despite likeness to buildings that were banned"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

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    CONTROVERSIAL plans for a major new development on one of the main gateways into Edinburgh have been given the green light after a developer behind plans for a 17-storey hotel on the site was forced to scale back its plans. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of an eight-storey scheme next to Haymarket railway station, which its architect claims will see the creation of a new "monument" in the capital's West End.  

    But campaigners said they were hopeful that plans  for the site would be called in for a third time because of the impact they would have on the area, particularly the nearby Dalry Colonies.  

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    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Development-is-given-goahead-despite.6654659.jp

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Wonder what they had against the old "monument" that has been missing for a number of years now

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Also from the EEN;

    Eight firms vie for chance to 70s develop office block
    Eight hotel operators have lodged bids to redevelop a "brutal" 1970s office block into a 157-bed hotel.

    Should I point out to them that it's "brutalist" not "brutal" and it's derived from the French for "raw concrete" and not our modern English use of the word? Or shall we leave them be in their ignorance?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. druidh
    Member

    Like the original plans but half the height then?

    Posted 13 years ago #

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