PICARDY PLACE PLANS – SOME CONTEXT AND FIRST REACTIONS
Henderson Global Investors (HGI) aired outline proposals for Picardy Place on Friday at a well-attended 5.5-hour drop-in session held at Café Camino.
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FROM BASE TO SUMMIT, GAY AND BRIGHT ... AND SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 8
Spare a thought for Lara Mitchell of Napier Bathrooms and Interiors in Canonmills.
The Glasgow School of Art graduate is the resident interior designer here, and delights in fashioning the store’s distinctive window displays.
HOOKED BY THE CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
A week has passed since Spurtle first reviewed the joint Christmas Exhibition at Broughton Street’s Union Gallery.
THE RUNNING OF THE DEER – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 7
The sun keeps rising in and around Broughton at this time of year, and locals continue playing their merry organs as usual.
But as for the running of the deer, we haven't seen much sign of it.
AGLOW ON BROUGHTON STREET – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 6
If you want to get into the Christmas spirit fast, look no further than Narcissus.
The artistic Broughton Street florist positively glows on these winter evenings, with flowers, arrangements and Christmas wreaths reflecting the best of the season.
GRIFFEN FITNESS TRAINING TO DOWNING STREET
I'm off by train to London today, then on to 11 Downing Street as part of Small Business Saturday, writes local entrepreneur and Spurtle 'TG Tips' contributor Tracy Griffen.
Griffen Fitness and a selection of other businesses from around the UK have been invited to a 1pm reception 'to celebrate the UK's first Small Business Saturday and the success of our GREAT British small businesses'. Catchy title.
CRIMSON JOYS AND INVISIBLE WORMS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 5
Multrees Walk evokes strong emotions in some locals. Jaundiced of Claremont, for example, admits to being drawn to its luxury retail outlets and simultaneously disgusted by them.
SUMMERY SUMMARY ON A WINTER'S DAY – DRUMMOND TENNIS CLUB IN FINE FETTLE
Drummond Tennis Club (DTC) is a hidden gem in the heart of New Town, writes coach Sophie Blake.
Many of you will know it and are perhaps members there, but others who have lived just around the corner are still unaware of its existence.
FIRST PUBLIC OUTING FOR NEW PICARDY PLACE PLANS
GVA Grimley Ltd will hold a public pre-application consultation event to show proposals for the redevelopment of Picardy Place on Friday 6 December. It will take place in Café Camino from 2.00–7.30pm.
FESTIVE FEATHERS – SEASONAL SNAPSHOT 4
The plates reproduced here of a redbreast and partridge are two of 59 beautiful hand-painted engravings which appear in A History of British Birds by the Rev. F.O. Morris.