Edinburgh's old, dirty harbors are planned to be transfromed into sleek mixed use developments. But will the harbor become 'Disneyland-on-sea'?
"These waterside sites represent Edinburgh's shoreline. Yet there are very many visitors to the city who never make it here - picturesque parts of Leith aside - and almost as many who have no idea that Edinburgh has a shoreline.
...The city is growing and needs to expand. In the recent past, it has done this through genteel suburban sprawl, undermining its image as one of the world's most compact, impressive and beautiful capital cities.
...The plans for Forthside, however, may disappoint urban makeover consultants, because it is almost defiantly old-fashioned... The idea is to house some 13,000 people on reclaimed and former industrial land in new city centres based on proper streets, crescents, squares and parks."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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