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A Mr and Mrs Fursman seek permission for a new 2-storey development at the back of 54 Albany Street (Ref. 11/03145/FUL).
The stone-built property – currently garages – would be lit by rooflights at the front and a dormer to the rear. Although constructed above the current garages to match the height of existing properties adjacent, the building would still occupy only the original footprint.
Rumours emanating from City Chambers suggest that the Liberal-Democrat–SNP Coalition may decide how to progress its Alternative Business Models programme (ABM) as early as 27 October.
In its first phase, ABM involves reassessment of roles and methods in the following public-sector areas:
This urban anti-hero has recently appeared on a boarded-up door of the former Hopetoun Inn on McDonald Road.
Bearing mysterious codes on his clothes, and with a not altogether friendly glint in his eye, he seems to represent a futuristic, outlaw-street artist (U for underground?) ready and willing to deploy the spray-can in his right hand. Perhaps this is a wall's eye view.
In Issue 199 we draw readers' attention to the helpful Edinburgh World Heritage workshops on DIY energy-saving measures around the home. If you are interested in signing up, the correct email address is: info@ewht.org.uk
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Also in our October edition, we feature a summary of illustrious admirals recalled in the names of local streets.
Edinburgh Markets have been granted retrospective planning permission for the charities market they ran outside St Mary's RC Cathedral over the summer (Ref. 11/02147/FUL; Issue 198).
Bright new work by eight Spanish talents is on display in Artelibre at Axolotl Gallery on Dundas Street throughout October.
New vehicles, animals and graffiti form a particular iconography for Ana Segurianes, whilst Leonardo (right) struggles to capture fleeting moments in various European capitals.
‘It’s going to snow this October,’ a friend said cheerily the other day. ‘I read it in the Metro.’
We can only imagine the repercussions for guisers on Hallowe’en – ghosts camouflaged against the snow will be able to jump out on unsuspecting passers by to devastating effect, demanding oranges and monkey nuts with menaces.
Have you noticed the increasingly uneven appearance of St Mark's Park? What was, a few years ago, a fairly flat surface with one or two notable humps between the plantation and cherry-tree avenue has, by imperceptible stages, become noticeably lumpier. Spurtle investigated.
The good news is that – contrary to local fears – the site is not in the process of conversion to a links golf course and luxury development following purchase by Donald Trump.
To all those sceptical readers who piffled and pshawed at mention of a concrete ping-pong table earlier this month (Issue 198), we say study this picture.
It shows the concrete ping-pong table newly installed in King George V Park.
It has been an up-and-down sort of week for Sojourn Hotels LLD – owners of the Osbourne Hotel – who received a mixed decision on their application to install a platform lift between ground and basement levels at Category A-listed 51–9 York Place (Ref. 11/02398/FUL). Mostly down.