Changing Face of the Capital Threatens Its Heritage Status
The Scotsman › February 12, 2007
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SCOTLAND'S capital risks losing the "distinctive character" that makes it a UNESCO World Heritage site if it fails to get the balance right on new development, the director of the city's heritage trust has warned.
Zoe Clark, director of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, said the Old Town, in the historic heart of the city, was facing "unprecedented pressure for redevelopment".See the full content of this document
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Changing Face of the Capital Threatens Its Heritage Status
Edinburgh's OId and New Towns were named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.
The Edinburgh World Heritage Trust struggles to conserve the city's architectural heritage with a budget of just GBP 1.1 million a year. And the city centre is facing a string of developments worth hundreds of millions of pounds that could reshape its face from Princes Street to the Royal Mile.At the GBP 200 million Caltongate development...See the full content of this document
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