Donaldson’s College
At the Morningside Gallery
Tonight at the Stand
Friends of the Meadows
Tomorrow at Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
From the council’s planning lists it looks promising at last for Donaldsons College. CALA Evans who now own only part of the site have applied for a variety of permissions which will allow development to proceed. The way that this will happen is that the site owner will partner up with heritage building refurbishment specialists City & Country who will take over the Playfair buildings turning these into 63 homes and CALA Evans will develop the 72 new build properties in a crescent to the north of the site. The South lawn will be retained as an open grassed area.
The latest is this:
“Proposal to temporarily remove a portion of stonework + railings at the east gate off West Coates to allow adequate site access to Donaldsons College. Boundary stonework to be separated at mortar joints + railings removed in their entirety. All relocated elements will be stored safely, preserved for reinstatement upon completion of buildings works at the college. Adequate protection hoarding is to be installed around remaining stonework to protect at high + low levels.”
So watch this space…
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Georgina McMaster graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2002, with a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication specialising in Drawing and Painting. Since then she has received a number of awards, including the Royal Glasgow Institute’s David Cargill Award (2008). She has also been elected as a member of the Glasgow Art Club.Predominantly a painter of animals, Georgina says that ‘capturing the character and soul of the animal in their eyes and the softness of the fur on the beast, is what I endeavour to create in my work’.
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Tonight at The Stand on York Place there is a free show by Stu and Gary who will be running a free improv show. Did we tell you it was free?
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Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links (FOMBL) will have their AGM soon. At present they have been very vocal about damage to the Meadows from Fringe shows and also from those having a BBQ in the summer sunshine. Is this something that has caused you any concerns? If so then they will be happy to see you.
Summer meeting and AGM, 26th June 2015
The Summer meeting of FoMBL will be the Annual General Meeting. It will be held on Friday 26th June. at the Croquet Club (corner of Leven Terrace and Glengyle Terrace) at 7.30 pm. If you are interested in croquet there is an opportunity to have a go at 6.30 pm, and refreshments precede the main meeting at 7.30. The talk this time will be by Fernando, who runs the police box cafe at the top of Middle Meadow Walk: he has some interesting plans for a makeover of that area. This will be followed by the usual AGM business.
More information and the papers for the AGM here.
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Tomorrow night as part of the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling there will be a discussion at the Augustine Church on George IV Bridge at 7.30pm.
“Want to know what is going to happen when the Dutch operator Abellio takes over Scottish rail networks? Come and hear about their plans for accommodating bikes on trains, bike parking at stations and other key ways in which cycling can be integrated. Presentations also by Transform Scotland, Borders Rail Campaign, and others. Join us for a lively evening of presentations, discussion, refreshments and a Spokes stall.
“18.45 doors open for chat, tea/coffee and Spokes stall.”
Meanwhile The Edinburgh Evening News are reporting that Abellio are going to start a Bike Hire scheme on Monday at Haymarket Station. Would that make a difference to your commute?
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