2017

NT2973 : Demise of a Tower Block

taken 8 years ago, near to Duddingston, Edinburgh, Scotland

Demise of a Tower Block
Demise of a Tower Block
This concrete tower is the last part still standing of the former, and mercifully short-lived, Portobello High School. Never a thing of beauty, its height ensured that it was a prominent eyesore. It was built in the 1960s and closed just half a century later. Compare with NT2973 : Portobello High School, taken a few weeks earlier.
Portobello High School :: NT3072

The original Portobello High School was built in the 1970s, a stark 9-storey glass and concrete tower block of the time, with lower buildings around it, on Duddingston Road. In about 2006 it was proposed to replace it with a new school and work began on its construction in October 2014, on a park site on Milton Road, just under a kilometre to the southeast. Built by Balfour Beatty Ltd, the new school opened in October 2016 LinkExternal link LinkExternal link . The use of open space park land was not popular with the local community, but a new park, and primary school, are to be built on the site of the old school, which is in the process of demolition [Jan. 2017]


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Geographical Context: Educational sites Derelict, Disused other tags: Portobello High School Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY, 2017 Automatic Clusters: · Portobello High School [13] · Tower [4] Other Photos: · Portobello High School ·
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NT2973, 208 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 9 March, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 14 March, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2990 7340 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.9101N 3:7.4433W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2981 7333
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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