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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2019-11-05 12:19 pm

Interesting Links for 05-11-2019

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The new design for the Western part of Princes Street Gardens looks interesting

[personal profile] doug 2019-11-05 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, I do like that. Seems very much the same sort of thing as the landscaping outside the Parliament, which is lovely.

Re: The new design for the Western part of Princes Street Gardens looks interesting

[personal profile] nojay 2019-11-05 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That CG-representation of the plans for the western Gardens does seem to suggest a lot of trees are going to be removed to open the sight-lines from the amphitheatre-style terraces down into the new Hobbit-hole replacement for the Ross bandstand.

I've been very peripherally involved in shows put on at the bandstand during the Festival and at other times and there's a problem coping with crowds on the existing grassy slopes. The terraced hard-standing is going to make less of a mess and be less slippery and dangerous for those shows but it isn't very inviting for day-to-day visitors to the Gardens.