Grassmarket Redevelopment, Buildings, Images, Revamp, Work, News, Photo
Grassmarket, Edinburgh : Architecture
Renewal of historic market place, Scotland
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Grassmarket Regeneration
£5m redevelopment completed 14 Dec 2008
Further work in Jan 2009 includes marking out in cobbles where the hangman stood
News Update Sep 2007:
10 phases until Autumn 2008: 1st phase Sep-Dec 2007
photo © Adrian Welch, Nov 2007
First phase : works at north side of the Grassmarket between Flodden Wall and just east of Castle Wynd South. Work to include lifting cobbles for cleaning/shaping before relaying in a traditional Edinburgh pattern; Caithness stone to be laid among the trees in new events area.
photo © Adrian Welch, Nov 2007
New elements include:-
new events area
underground recycling facility
improved surface materials/design
improved CCTV
decorative direction signs
Key Grassmarket building : Dance Base
Missoni Hotel Edinburgh
photo © Adrian Welch
Grassmarket hotel – Apex Hotel incl. Metro restaurant
picture from the hotel
Grassmarket : adjacent buildings to west
Grassmarket restaurants : more local restaurants
Grassmarket hotel – Apex City Hotel incl. agua restaurant
Grassmarket context : Edinburgh Old Town
Queen’s Gallery
image © Adrian Welch
Scottish Poetry Library
photograph © Keith Hunter
Forth Bridge
image © Adrian Welch
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Grassmarket Edinburgh Building : page