The city’s worthy buildings were created by people who loved the city. They are being demolished by those who don’tA spectre,thought happily to have been exorcised from the heart of beautiful Edinburgh, is stalking the city’s used wynds and crevices once more.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, or it was given licence by those entrusted with guarding Edinburgh’s built heritage to embark on a wrecking spree through the heart of the city before finally being driven out. The damage,though, is still sorely evident on Princes Street. As I observed in my report final week, and the city’s planners are once more failing wretchedly to heed the lessons of the past.
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Source: theguardian.com