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INDUSTRIAL HALL (9)

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Too big, too small, too expensive … the problem with white elephants

As we saw last week, owing to the destruction by fire of the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, the prestigious Scottish Motor Trade Association switched its annual motor show to the Industrial Hall and Waverley Market for the week of 13–21 November 1925.

FINAL DESIGN FOR POWDERHALL JUNCTION

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Following in-person and online discussions with the public which began in September 2022, engineering and design consultants Stantec have updated plans to reconfigure the Powderhall Junction.

 

The preferred option aims to improve safe and inclusive connectivity and to encourage active travel through the intersection of McDonald Rd, Broughton Road, St Mark’s Path and the entrance to the future housing development.

 

Features of the final design include:

  • advanced stop lines and maximised approach lanes for cyclists

THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (8)

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Future potential, squashed present, thrills on horseback

As noted in last week's article, in the summer of 1925, Edinburgh politicians, officials and commentators had reacted with barely suppressed excitement to the news that the Kelviin Halls in Glasgow had burned down.