Thumbs-down for architect's planned new look for Old Town
DETAILED plans for the first stage of a controversial project in Edinburgh's Old Town last night failed to win over community groups and the capital's new council leader.
Malcolm Fraser, the award-winning architect, has designed buildings up to six storeys high as part of the Caltongate scheme. Shops, offices, a restaurant with a terrace caf, and a bar or nightclub are earmarked for Market Street.
But Jenny Dawe, the council leader, said she "did not like the look of" the plans because of the impact they appeared to have on existing views of the city.
Bill Cowan, of the Edinburgh Old Town Association, said: "Something this ugly has no place in a World Heritage Site."
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