Fay Young

Month: May 2011

  • Edinburgh’s New Town Wasteland

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    Oh contrary Edinburgh. While the people of Leith Walk are (rightly) angry with the council for messing up their street (see comments on Ray’s recent ‘rant’) round the corner residents of the posh New Town are turning their neighbourhood into a tip all by themselves.

  • Beware landslides, they bury hopes as well as fears

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    The morning after. Through my window I see a lampost spattered with red, orange and green  and none of those colours will make much of a splash in the new Scottish Parliament. As a Labour supporter I take some comfort from the posters taped to our living room window. Malcolm Chisholm has survived what looks…

  • Wanted: a vision for Leith Walk

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    Ray Perman takes a critical look at Leith Walk in this guest blog. With imagination and a little money it could become  the most elegant and cosmopolitan street in Edinburgh. [Many local people agree, see the excellent comments at the end of the post] There are a lot of reasons for despairing at the dysfunctional…