GENTOOFICATION
GENTOOFICATION:—How a formerly wealthy urban area is changed in character by questionable Christmas decorations moving in, lowering the tone and repelling old businesses, often displacing current inhabitants in the process.
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REST AND BE THANKFUL
Spotted at the corner with Scotland Street.
INTREPID OF NEWHAVEN
Ending the old year as he means to continue.
WILL YOU BE SEEING IN THE NEW YEAR?
You may need these … found in St Mark's Park this morning.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
No piped music in Brandon Terrace.
DUNDAS STREET CHRISTMAS
Avoid the crowds.
DOGGED DOES IT
MIXED VIEWS ON ROSE STREET
Mambo Bars & Clubs Edinburgh Ltd seeks planning consent to site a hot food vehicle on the pavement outside 43 Rose Street (21/06500/FUL).
The company seeks temporary permission for two years.
The wagon would supplement the adjacent Señor Dog's pub/restaurant.
DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY FOR ‘ALPINE VILLAGE’
Nuveen’s belated application for a ‘festive events space’ in St James Square has belatedly been approved (21/05177/FUL).
Officials advised that the setting of nearby listed buildings would not be harmed by the construction of alpine drinking shacks and neither would the appearance and character of the conservation area.