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A new online survey by City of Edinburgh Council seeks locals' views on city 'town centres'.
Economic Development's questionnaire – at www.surveymonkey.com – promises to make a 'real difference' in improving your local town centre (whatever that is) and ensuring that it meets 'current and future requirements' (whatever they are). It takes about 10 minutes.
The trams-related Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) was to have gone before CEC's Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee in July.
However, Council officials will announce on Monday that the TRO has been delayed until 21 September to allow time for further consideration of objections and comments received during the public 'deposit period'.
Spurtle understands that an impressive 59 per cent of the objections received concerned Blenheim Place, so the delay may bode well for those resisting the proposed ban on right-turns from London Road.
By 6pm this evening the contractors were packing up crane and tackle and tarpaulins and rowing boat, and preparing to leave. And Antony Gormley's figure stood alone in the evening sun, deep in reflection. It looks stunning.
A small group of strangers congregated on the nearby bridge, sharing information, comparing reactions.
An art student on his way to revise for a Modernism re-sit told me several things about Gormley which were incorrect.
Art Amatoria will hold the first solo exhibition of new work by Caroline Hepburne-Scott from 24 June to 8 July.
The first of the 4 new Antony Gormley sculptures destined to stand actually in the Water of Leith was today exclusively photographed by Spurtle.
The metal human figure – part of 6 Times Horizon (Issue 183) – will stare contemplatively into the pool behind Bell's Mill Weir in Belford, just where a bridge and steps lead up to the Gallery of Modern Art.
First thing this morning, contractors made preparations and repositioned the sculpture under the watchful eye of a gently perspiring National Galleries official.
Alphabet Video – the popular Broughton Street film-rental shop – is to close after 4 years in the neighbourhood. Business has been disappointing, and now the firm's management have decided regretfully to sell the property's lease.
More on this in Issue 184.
Braving 360º summer mizzle on 7 June, a small but enthusiastic crowd witnessed the 1 o'clock unveiling of a plaque at 6 Brunton Place to the memory of Frederick James Ritchie, former Broughton resident and horological pioneer (see Issue 183).
District Gunner Edward McCarthy, who fired Edinburgh's 1 o'Clock Gun from 1968 to 1972, did the honours, noting that Ritchie had probably done more than any other Broughton citizen to frighten horses in the neighbourhood.
City officials have granted planning permission for roosting deterrents to the rear of properties on the corner of Broughton and Barony Streets (Ref. 10/00765/LBC; Issue 182).
We hope local residents will be happy with the results.
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Suzie is a tortoiseshell cat with a bright green collar who has been missing since Sunday 30 May.
Suzie is epileptic and may have become disorientated. It is thought that she may be lost in the allotments beside Warriston Road or St Mark's Park. Please check sheds and outbuildings.
If you have any information, contact A. White on Tel. 552 1975.
THE NTBCC meets at 7pm on Monday 7 June in Drummond Community High School. Minutes for the 3 May AGM and ordinary meeting are available in Extras.