Summertime streets, Cowgate, August 2019
‘Summertime streets‘ was a series of temporary changes introduced on streets in the Old Town, between 28th July and 1st
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Our Streets
Royal mile, Mediocre experience.
Why do people come to Old Town? The Edinburgh World Heritage Trust went out and asked the visitors themselves. Most
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Our response to the Waverley Station masterplan strategy options consultation.
Thank you for attending our meeting with New Town & Broughton Community Council on 24th April 2019. We were particularly
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How should Edinburgh spend its new £14,600,000 Transient Visitor Levy ?
We are delighted that City of Edinburgh Council wants to introduce a new Transient Visitor Levy. The City Council believes
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‘Our Streets’ makes way for Open Streets !
It’s been a good 18 months for Our Streets in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Way back in November 2017, we were
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Chronology of “Our Streets” coverage in the media
Bill Cowan offered to pull together a visual dossier of the issues facing residents in Old Town in Autumn 2017. Old
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Our Streets : what we are having to put up with and what can be done about it
Old Town Community Council has just published Our Streets. This summarises what residents, workers and visitors are having to put
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