URBAN CASE STUDY EDINBURGH Zones and Regeneration.

URBAN CASE STUDYURBAN CASE STUDY

EDINBURGH EDINBURGH

Zones and Zones and RegenerationRegeneration

You have to add detailed You have to add detailed annotations to eight annotations to eight sketches.sketches.

The aims of the exercise are to:The aims of the exercise are to:

help you help you visualisevisualise different different parts of Edinburghparts of Edinburgh

help you to help you to knowknow important important urban detailsurban details

EdinburghEdinburghThe CBDThe CBD

Princes Street; Rose St; Princes Street; Rose St; George Street; Lothian George Street; Lothian RoadRoad

The Central Business The Central Business DistrictDistrict

CBD is bisected by the Castle and CBD is bisected by the Castle and Princes St Gardens, and there are Princes St Gardens, and there are planning restrictions which ensure that planning restrictions which ensure that the historic nature of Edinburgh is the historic nature of Edinburgh is conserved.conserved.

The main streets business/ shopping The main streets business/ shopping streets are streets are Princes StreetPrinces Street and George and George StreetStreet, which run east to west, and the , which run east to west, and the adjoining streets.adjoining streets.


First developed around the oldest part of Edinburgh – the Castle area, and later expanded onto Princes Street when the Norloch was drained and the New Town was built. Now includes George Street and the joining streets.


Maximum accessibility Maximum accessibility for workers AND for workers AND customers– roads and customers– roads and railways converge e.g. railways converge e.g. WaverleyWaverley

Highest land values so Highest land values so high order services e.g. high order services e.g. GAP, Jenners, financial GAP, Jenners, financial and law institutions.and law institutions.

High land values so High land values so buildings grow upwardsbuildings grow upwards


Also entertainments Also entertainments e.g. e.g. Rose StreetRose Street bars bars and restaurants. and restaurants. Pedestrianised area.Pedestrianised area.


Financial institutions Financial institutions e.g. e.g. Standard LifeStandard Life headquartersheadquarters

Law institutions e.g. Law institutions e.g. Edinburgh Solicitors Edinburgh Solicitors Property CentreProperty Centre

Recent Changes in The CBDRecent Changes in The CBD1. Closed streets within the CBD and pedestrianisation

e.g. Rose Street 2. Altered road network to include one way system, bus/taxi

lanes and cycle lanes e.g. Charlotte Square, Queen Street, Princes Street

3. Modernised city centre shops, including new shopping malls

e.g. Harvey Nichols store, Waverley Centre 4. New offices, apartments, and hotels and conference

centres e.g. Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC),

Sheraton Hotel, The Scotsman newspaper offices 5. Renovated tourist facilities and cultural attractions

e.g. National Gallery of Scotland, Dynamic Earth exhibition

6. Refurbished or new civic buildings e.g. Scottish Parliament on Holyrood Road

7. Multi-storey car parks adjacent to shopping malls e.g. St James Centre

EdinburghEdinburghThe New TownThe New Town

Northumberland St; Queen Northumberland St; Queen St;St;StockbridgeStockbridge

Edinburgh : The New TownEdinburgh : The New Town

Photograph by permission of GetMapping plc

Very distinctive, planned, pattern of residential crescents and rectangles separated by private gardens


high quality high quality stonework – often stonework – often decorativedecorative

four or five four or five storey storey residentialresidential is common is common


some poorer buildings some poorer buildings (built originally by (built originally by speculative developers) speculative developers) have been renovated or have been renovated or re-developedre-developed


mews areas mews areas nearby – nearby – originally for originally for stables etc now stables etc now desirable small desirable small houseshouses

Edinburgh : The New TownEdinburgh : The New Townbasements and basements and ground floor – may ground floor – may now contain now contain restaurants, small restaurants, small offices or specialist offices or specialist retail outletsretail outlets e.g. Alpine Bikes in e.g. Alpine Bikes in StockbridgeStockbridge

customers have high customers have high levels of disposable levels of disposable incomeincome


large houses may large houses may be turned into flatsbe turned into flats(must conform to (must conform to strict planning strict planning controls)controls)

highly desirable highly desirable properties, properties, therefore well therefore well maintainedmaintained

wide streets of original wide streets of original cobbles provide parking cobbles provide parking (often “nose to footpath”)(often “nose to footpath”)

close to city centre close to city centre theatres, restaurants theatres, restaurants etcetc

EdinburghEdinburghAssimilation of Assimilation of the Inner City into the Inner City into the CBD the CBD = now part of = now part of the CBDthe CBDEg Fountainbridge; Eg Fountainbridge; Gorgie and DalryGorgie and Dalry

Edinburgh : Inner City - assimilation into the CBDEdinburgh : Inner City - assimilation into the CBD

re-development of brown field re-development of brown field sites is common - often were sites is common - often were industrialindustrial

replaced by various land uses – replaced by various land uses – residential, commercial, retail, residential, commercial, retail, leisureleisure

Fountain Park Leisure Complex has Fountain Park Leisure Complex has multiplex cinema, bowling, McDonalds multiplex cinema, bowling, McDonalds etcetc


sites near the sites near the Union Union CanalCanal have potential as have potential as high quality high quality residentialresidential or or officeoffice space space

““Edinburgh Quays” Edinburgh Quays” (beside Union Canal)(beside Union Canal)(Phase 1 complete (Phase 1 complete 2004)2004)will provide will provide apartmentsapartments, , officesoffices, , restaurantsrestaurants““The ExchangeThe Exchange” – finance ” – finance

related offices with high related offices with high levels of levels of ICTICT provision provision

This photo = Scottish Widows Bank HQThis photo = Scottish Widows Bank HQ

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