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FINAL DESIGN FOR POWDERHALL JUNCTION

Following in-person and online discussions with the public which began in September 2022, engineering and design consultants Stantec have updated…
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THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (8)

Future potential, squashed present, thrills on horsebackAs noted in last week's article, in the summer of 1925, Edinburgh politicians, officials and…
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CALTON HILL

Today's afternoon sunshine.Warm and cool.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news
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STOCKBRIDGE

Season of mists and mellow affluence.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal #news#outand about
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WHO SPILLED COCK ROBIN?

Look at the photo and what do you see?Spurtle reader Tibor Farkas, who sent us this Bellevue Place detail, sees ‘a blood-soaked robin with an albino…
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THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (7)

On the surface, all appeared to be well at the Industrial Hall, Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space, as a new year dawned. On 6…
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DUNDAS STREET

Centrum House.Ruddy squatters.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#outandabout
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YORK LANE

The slippery slope to autumn.No. 38 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal #news…
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MAJOR RETHINK FOR NEW TOWN QUARTER

Developers announce partial flip to purpose-built student accommodationWork on the 5.9-acre site of the former Royal Bank of Scotland HQ between…
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THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (6)

Cowboys, fists and a monster smoking concertWe saw last week how, in the continued absence of large-scale commercial exhibitions, Edinburgh's first…
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