West Princes Street Gardens

 12-WEEK CONSULTATION BEGINS

City of Edinburgh Council and the Ross Development Trust seek feedback from the public concerning plans to upgrade and ‘revitalise’ West Princes Street Gardens and improve accessibility.

Design concepts for a new bandstand and visitor centre in Princes Street Gardens are now on display at the City Art Centre until 30 July. 

Submitted for judgement next month by a jury of eminent worthies appointed by the Ross Development Trust (RDT), the seven plans include a Duracell battery charger, a Bedouin encampment, a giant loo seat, a scalextrics track, and variations on the home of the Tellytubbies. 

You can also see them here.

BANDSTAND PLANS STILL LEAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 

Partially eclipsed by high-profile hoo-has over the old Royal High School, the Ross Development Trust (RDT) last week presented outline proposals for West Princes Street Gardens at a public meeting on 13 March organised by the Cockburn Association. 

PROS AND CONS OF BANDSTAND SCHEME 

It’s now just over a week since we reported here the launch of a design competition for a new Ross Bandstand in West Princes Street Gardens. 

Readers’ reactions were overwhelmingly sceptical if not downright hostile. 

But are we judging the Ross Development Trust’s ambitions for the site prematurely? 

SPURTLE EXAMINES GIFT HORSE’S MOUTH 

A major international competition has been launched today to design a new Ross Bandstand for West Princes Street Gardens. 

The current 2,400-seat venue, built in 1935, is considered no longer fit for purpose.