{"id":34629,"date":"2022-10-18T17:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34629"},"modified":"2022-10-18T17:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:48:31","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-taste-doorstep-eight-of-the-ugliest-buildings-in-edinburgh-according-the-evening-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34629","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (taste) doorstep\u2019: Eight of the ugliest buildings in Edinburgh, according the Evening News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7771\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Edinburgh-Cityscape-by-Fiona-Newton.jpg\" alt=\"edinburgh view\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" \/>The<em> Edinburgh Evening News <\/em>reports that its readers have very strong opinions about some of the architecture in Edinburgh, as they didn\u2019t hold back when asked!<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only &#8211; Fiona Newton<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 spoilt the Capital\u2019s historic skyline\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Edinburgh Evening News <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.Certainly, a lot of the newer structures were mentioned several times, with people saying they spoilt the Capital\u2019s historic skyline.<\/p>\n<p>Worth noting however, we decided not to add either Tynecastle Park or Easter Road, as we didn\u2019t quite trust the reasons behind people voting for them&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Ross Bandstand: The Ross Bandstand can be found in Princes Street Gardens\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Appleton Tower: A famous &#8216;ugly&#8217; building here&#8230; This Edinburgh University building&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Cameron Toll Shopping Centre\u2026 now dated and tired.<\/li>\n<li>Quartermile\u2026 a mix of luxury flats, offices and shops\u2026 on the site of the old Royal Infirmary Hospital.<\/li>\n<li>Haymarket development\u2026 \u201cWhatever is being built at Haymarket\u201d\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Argyle House\u2026 just up from the Grassmarket.<\/li>\n<li>Scottish Parliament\u2026 many locals are still not particularly impressed&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>St James Quarter Development\u2026 still dividing opinion\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/people\/edinburgh-buildings-here-are-eight-of-the-ugliest-buildings-in-the-capital-according-to-our-readers-3866781?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edinburgh Evening News reports that its readers have very strong opinions about some of the architecture in Edinburgh, as they didn\u2019t hold back when asked! image: for illustration only &#8211; Fiona Newton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34630,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34629\/revisions\/34630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}