2017

NT2973 : The old Portobello High School

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

The old Portobello High School
The old Portobello High School
A view east from near Dunsapie Loch in the Queen's Park, with the disused multi-storey school building in the centre of the image. A grey day, looking over Aberlady Bay and the Firth of Forth.
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: Lowlands Suburb, Urban fringe Educational sites Derelict, Disused Construction, Development Primary Subject: Demolition Site other tags: Firth of Forth Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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NT2973, 208 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 22 March, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 22 March, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 298 734 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.9097N 3:7.4817W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 281 729
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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