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“New firm poised to control half of Princes St Gardens”

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    Control of half of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh could be handed by the city council to a new “arms-length” company when a multi-million pound concert arena is complete.

    Management of the park which lies beneath Edinburgh Castle will be transferred under a proposed deal with a developer offering to help bankroll a replacement for the Ross Bandstand.

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/new-firm-poised-to-control-half-of-princes-st-gardens-1-4707703

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. Blueth
    Member

    So it's farewell to the Gardens as some sort of haven from the general racket/noise of the town centre outwith Christmas and Fringe time. Daily Disneyland by the sound of things. And private pockets get the profits.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. ih
    Member

    I would actually demolish the bandstand and landscape the area.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. crowriver
    Member

    Edinburgh Greens
    @EdinburghGreens

    Green councillors have submitted a detailed amendment on proposals for Ross bandstand and West Princes Street Gardens, calling for the report to culture committee to be continued so that much more detail about options can be considered before any decision.

    https://twitter.com/EdinburghGreens/status/975722410241642496

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    Andy Wightman MSP
    ‏@andywightman

    Prince Street Gardens is an asset of the Common Good Fund. If Council alienate it, they need Court approval and I will oppose proposals. If they don’t seek court approval, I will take legal action.

    https://twitter.com/andywightman/status/975383629705641984

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. Snowy
    Member

    I think it's a fair conclusion that the gardens will not remain as a green and pleasant refuge if they are run by profit-making commercial enterprises. It'll be a constant building site setting up or tearing down entertainments for various tourist-milking festivals/celebrations.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. jdanielp
    Member

    I would turn it into a Tivoli-inspired amusement park(let).

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I would re-wild it with wolves.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. unhurt
    Member

    Impractical. Not a large enough territory, they'd run out of squirrels in no time. Bring back (a cleaner) Nor' Loch and put some beavers in it I say.

    (I also agree with Andy Wightman & hope this gets derailed.)

    Posted 6 years ago #
  9. steveo
    Member

    I've pretty much given up on the city the people running clearly don't get it, anything. Might as well knock it all down and built communist era flats.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  10. unhurt
    Member

    At least then there'd be more affordable housing?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  11. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @steveo

    My idea is to build a perfect replica of Edinburgh in West Lothian and let the tourists, students flatters, airbnb-ers and the council have that to wreck while we get on with living here.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  12. steveo
    Member

    Now we're talking.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  13. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    There will be wolves. You cool with that?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  14. steveo
    Member

    As I understand it wolves aren't all that interested people and can be used to keep the cat population down. Yeah I'll manage.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  15. Nelly
    Member

    Will they bite people who let their dog crap on pavements?

    If so I am in - also, Orcas on the Nor Loch

    Posted 6 years ago #
  16. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Will they bite people who let their dog crap on pavements?

    Yup, and they themselves will use public toilets, wash their paws the lot.

    Manatees in the Water of Leith. Vicuña on Arthur's seat.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  17. unhurt
    Member

    They (orca; not sure about manatees) need salt water though. Ooh - how about some nerpa?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  18. unhurt
    Member

    Also: sloths & tapirs in the Hermitage of Braid?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  19. jdanielp
    Member

    @Nelly @unhurt narwhals on the Nor Loch?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  20. steveo
    Member

    As long as we can get kraken for the Copy Dunsapie Loch.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  21. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @steveo

    Not a sentence you thought you'd type today I'll be bound.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  22. steveo
    Member

    you know, the way things are going at the moment I'm not sure its not.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  23. crowriver
    Member

    Claire Miller
    @clairehimiller

    Tomorrow at Culture and Communities Committee I’m going to be pressing for more scrutiny over the future of Princes St Gardens and the bandstand. We have a huge responsibility to ensure this common good parkland is managed for the benefit of all Edinburgh residents.

    https://twitter.com/clairehimiller/status/975742609657417728

    Posted 6 years ago #
  24. neddie
    Member

    HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE NEXT STEPS FOR WEST PRINCES STREET GARDENS INCLUDING THE ROSS BANDSTAND

    Views are being sought from the public on the Council and Ross Development Trust’s proposals to enhance West Princes Street Gardens.

    An online consultation has opened today (Tuesday 26 June) with the first drop-in session set to take place on Wednesday 18 July at the Assembly Rooms on George Street.

    https://www.rdtrust.org/2018/06/26/have-your-say-on-the-next-steps-for-west-princes-street-gardens-including-the-ross-bandstand/

    Consultation:
    https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/bi/west-princes-street-gardens-project/consultation/intro/

    Closes 14 Sep 2018

    from: https://twitter.com/EssentialEdin/status/1017721553381920768

    Posted 5 years ago #
  25. neddie
    Member

    Only 2 weeks left to help prevent privatisation of Princes St Gardens

    Posted 5 years ago #
  26. I were right about that saddle
    Member

  27. gembo
    Member

    I objected mildly and suggested they get jK to emulate Beatrix potter

    I also said that people need peace and quiet despite being willing to pay for concerts. People need to do nothing and take a minute, Maybe even risk some contemplation or boredom. People need to say what shall we do today? Let's go to princes street gardens, walk around, buy a cone, find the RLS monument. Go over the mound find the Spanish civil war memorial, cut back and walk up to the castle ramparts. Watch a butter fly, dodge some homeless people living in the shelters, people watch, wave at the train driver see if she will blow her whistle (you will need a kid for this). Have jolly skipping competition, go into the galleries if it starts to rain, have another cup of tea get the bus home when it starts to get dark, listen to the football scores if it is a Saturday. Have French toast for tea, get the baby sitter, go out to a dinner dance at the Scottish Aviation club. Oh wait I have strayed back to the simpler times of the 1970s and 1980s, this is going to be an Arms Length entity. I object, modestly as it is (as the governor of Glenochil Prison Les McFeckin Bain used to say a presentation of a fait a feckin compli.

    Les could put the word feckin inside other words (except where there is an e in feckin he went with a u). I am phoning HQ fur to report the prisoners a running a feckin mok.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  28. Frenchy
    Member

    I move that we submit @gembo's first CCE post each day as a response to a consultation. Any consultation.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  29. gembo
    Member

    @frenchy, too kind guys, too kind.

    One does feel that these consultations are not worth the paper they are written on.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  30. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Was there not talk of a gembot automatic Twitter feed based on the guru's first utterance each day?

    Can't be too hard to plumb the RSS feed into the API via some kind of electronic information processing device?

    Posted 5 years ago #

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