tom nimmo wrote: I'm also trying to imagine what Portobello would look like in ten years time if the school is relocated to the park and its original site contains housing. I'm also imagining that the Scottish Power site is completed and there are around 800 new homes there too. I suspect that Portobello will have changed beyong all recognition if all this actually happens but I also optimistically suspect that it would be a fantastically vibrant and diverse place to live. I am now going to try and imagine that it is possible to please all of the people all of the time. Wish me luck.
Portobello: Whats changed and what's to come?
Portobello: Whats changed and what's to come?
I believe this contribution from Tom Nimmo is a good foundation for a discussion on what may lie ahead, with a little reflection on what has changed over the last 40 or 50 Years? I s Portobello a better or worse place than it was?
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Well looking back a bit; we had the monstrosity of the Power Station, which was replaced by a rather innocous housing development. You can't say its lovely and equally you can't call it particularly offensive. We had the Open Air Pool, which as well as being a rather nice art-deco building. it was put Portobello on the map for many, inside Edinburgh and beyond.
To me Portobello, even without these iconic structires, is still easily identifiable. The High Street is not what it once was but I would say that it has at least held its own over the last 15 years or so. Sadly, I don't see the proposed ne housing development at the SP site making that much difference, commercially speaking.
To me Portobello, even without these iconic structires, is still easily identifiable. The High Street is not what it once was but I would say that it has at least held its own over the last 15 years or so. Sadly, I don't see the proposed ne housing development at the SP site making that much difference, commercially speaking.
And all this time I thought you hadn't been listening!Bob Jefferson wrote:As an incomer,
I actually think Portobello has improved in many ways since I was wee. The High Street is much better than it was when there were two lanes of traffic on each side and a very narrow pavement. There were no green man crossings although the traffic was busy even then, and no trees. The worst thing for me is the demise of Rosefield Park. It's an absolute disgrace that the Council have let it get into the state it's in now. I think the development of the Scottish Power site is long overdue and will bring benefits to the town in general. All we need now is a new library and community centre.
Enough of your nonsense - get back to the Play Pen!
Fair comment about Rosefield Park. It used to be beautiful, with the Tennis Courts and the putting green, it made Porty seem more village like. However, I wouldn't just blame the council, vandals also took their toll.
Am I correct in thinking that one used to exit Rosefiled Park where BIE is now and step onto a sea of glass at the United Glass Works that stretched all the way to the cottages on the SP site? I know there is a debate about what's actually going to be built on the SP site but surely any residential with a modicum of light-commercial is better than what we have at the moment?
The prom is also going to change, if the Showground development is a success, surely it won't be too long before the amusements follow with a residential development?
In the last 40 or 50 Years we almost escaped the curse of concrete, we have coillesdene house, and even that's not too bad, Portobello High School, the Rosefiled properties and the ones opposite Foresters. Job Centre in Windsor Place, which may be going soon. We could have done without most of these buildings.
What will happen to Pheonix House?
Am I correct in thinking that one used to exit Rosefiled Park where BIE is now and step onto a sea of glass at the United Glass Works that stretched all the way to the cottages on the SP site? I know there is a debate about what's actually going to be built on the SP site but surely any residential with a modicum of light-commercial is better than what we have at the moment?
The prom is also going to change, if the Showground development is a success, surely it won't be too long before the amusements follow with a residential development?
In the last 40 or 50 Years we almost escaped the curse of concrete, we have coillesdene house, and even that's not too bad, Portobello High School, the Rosefiled properties and the ones opposite Foresters. Job Centre in Windsor Place, which may be going soon. We could have done without most of these buildings.
What will happen to Pheonix House?
To me, the thing that Portobello lacks most is a really good pub which sells good beer, has customers who don't want to watch football every night and which is stylish, friendly and a quality live music venue. Imagine my delight when I found out about the Three Monkeys (formerly known as the Plough) which will include all of the above and it opens this Saturday.
Prom cycling for all.
Well, I didn't like having to sip my drink beside the bins, which were often stored inside. Then there was the problem of having to give up your seat once the band arrived.
Like the sound of the new pub but it will still be a limited space, unless they've decided to make more of the 'beer garden'/ dump for broken furniture at the rear.
Like the sound of the new pub but it will still be a limited space, unless they've decided to make more of the 'beer garden'/ dump for broken furniture at the rear.