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Ah, the snooker hall/cinema was already mentioned. Why do we only get one hour in which to make edits to posts?
What does the group think about the little Scotmid on Balgreen Road, or even the mighty Jenners Depository?
There is also of course, Murrayfield Ice Rink.
Finally dredged the name of the pub - The Variety Bar. Art Deco features seem to be easily incorporated into buildings from the first half of the 20th Century. Bits get added on or buildings are built around the art deco ones and they blend in then we come along and dig them out again. Nice.
Well yesterday I got Lothian House (but need to get inside. This morning I couldn't sleep so was out the door at 6.45 on the bike. Fabulous time to be out and about, given it was sunny, and one of the best times of day to experience Niddrie and Craigmillar to get the Castlebrae Business Centre (formerly Niddrie Marischal School) and the Craigmillar White House.
Lothian House by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Lothian House Doorway by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Castlebrae Lodge by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Castlebrae Business Centre by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Craigmillar White House by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
There is a building opposite the old Odeon in Clerk St that has doors not dissimilar to Lothian House. Also there are a couple of very large houses on Frogston Road West http://www.espc.com/buying/282968.html that are definitely 30's one of which is very distinctive, the link shows a house but not actually the one I was thinking of. Oh yes, Spoon on South Bridge, also I suspect the old bingo hall the Empire just up the road was 30's but is now the Festival Hall, with glass covering the frontage.
there are some art deco-y buildings on Forbes road. Anyone know their provenance? sorry don't have any pictures. can try to get some if needed.
@chdot - thanks. thought i had read thread carefully, but obviously not.
@anth - if you've gone to where-ever that was in NZ then you have no excuse not to go to eritrea. brill climate, fab food, massive cycling culture, and art deco to die for.
The Playhouse, Greenside Place, opened it's doors in 1929 and is now a Grade A listed building.
I hope people aren't too annoyed at the pic heavy content here. Just feels right to document for you as I go along after asking for your help!
This morning I eschewed my usual local park walk before fetching the Sunday paper for a wee ride (before fetching the Sunday paper) and popped just down the road from me to the old George Cinema on Bath Street in Portobello.
George Cinema by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
Formerly the County Cinema, now a bingo hall. Built in 1938, the central 'pillar' (with 'George' on it now) used to have a massive top to it. Built by T Bowhill Gibson is has Categroy C(S) listing (from 1974).
""The original facing block (currently brilliant white) was in two shades of light blue, and the 33' high advertising tower was entirely glazed, and illuminated at night from inside by means of cyclo troughing, giving constantly changing pastel hues. The top of the building was outlined by a thin line of neon tubing, and the remainder of the facade was floodlit by lights hidden behind the canopy."
C McKean, The Scottish Thirties (1987)"
And what it looked like back in the day (probably from the late 50s as the name changed to the George in 1954).
That's more like what pops into my head when I think art deco. Probably a bit more colour though.
Metropolis...
@Arellcat, isn't that nice, and there are a few others on that road, but no, the house I am thinking of is set back further off the road, with a very large garden to the front and mature trees. I have tried to google it too without much success but I know it is there!! Great photos Anth.
@Anth
How fascinating to think of the George with a tower of colour-shifting illuminated glass on top!
But the photo must be from the 60s, judging by the c*rs, as there's at least one Ford Cortina there, and they didn't appear until 1962.
Neither of these is strictly in Edinburgh (because they are strictly in East Lothian!) and even though neither is strictly "Art Deco", they both fit the part and look the look in their own way;
Lysander House behind Dirleton. Beyond the name, all I can establish is that it must have been built some time in the 1950s.
Fenton Barns has recycled a lot of the period buildings from RAF Drem and added a few of their own features (like the lovely sign above the door).
There's also a furniture showroom further round the road that looks the part.
Apologies for the poor photo! This is the GWC building someone mentioned earlier in the thread. http://www.flickr.com/photos/revstar/?saved=1
Has anyone suggested Majestic Wine on causewayside, ex garage but definately has some deco flourishes.
PS... Napier, pah, too obvious. You've got to get yourselves to Ranfurly, NZ.
Has anyone suggested Majestic Wine on causewayside, ex garage but definately has some deco flourishes.
I'm afraid that was on my first list ;) (and I'm planning on stopping by there tonight, thought I'd like the properly blue sky back).
This is the proper link. I forgot how to get at the code on FLICKR.
Another one that's not really Art Deco in age (1959) but perhaps in style is the Richard Sillito house on Charterhall Road
Perhaps I need to start a similar thread for post-war Moderist architecture!
Richard Sillitto house on Charterhall Road
Been in that. Knew son of a previous owner.
Impressive.
"Perhaps I need to start a similar thread for post-war Moderist architecture!"
I'm astonished at how long this thread has got!
"I'm astonished at how long this thread has got!"
Well you know about CCE members...
Important thing about riding bikes is that (with a small degree of caution) you can stop anywhere - which is also made more likely because cyclists tend to be aware of their surroundings and can look around and up more easily than if they were stuck in a steel box.
Not sure if it's any better, but here's a closer shot I grabbed this evening with the mobile phone. This is one of my new favourite places to go on a warm evening.
Carrying on from chdot's point above - I wouldn't have found this place without a bike. I think for a while there was a thread about places you only found because of the bike?
Well that place is a missed opportunity if ever there was one. What a fantastic building!
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