This week we've had amber heat warnings in England, and confirmation that global heating is very likely to exceed 1.5'C within 3 years ... and this is the redevelopment proposal for one of Scotland's grandest streets.
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Appalling. Have they learned nothing from the hotter cities of Europe? Green it up!
jun 21, 2025, 8:37 am • 2 0 • view
My work place is full of people making strategic decisions which, according to the climate-related risks I have identified, may be catastrophic. Yet, they continue to blunder into the future.
jun 21, 2025, 9:44 am • 0 0 • view
Seems like avoiding doing the right things on purpose, just to make room for the franchises and festivals 🙄
jun 19, 2025, 3:00 pm • 1 0 • view
That image is the cheapest of three options. There are more trees, though not many, in the pricier option. Note they’re in tree pits - I think utilities / cellars are a big and expensive barrier.
jun 21, 2025, 10:10 am • 1 0 • view
Actually, hang on - I think they're actually putting the expensive one forward for the vote and not really considering the other two? Bit confused now.
jun 21, 2025, 10:32 am • 1 0 • view
More info here - there are also heritage concerns. I’d like to know which stakeholders were opposed to more trees. 4.5 onwards. democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s5... democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s5... - George Street and First New Town Operational Plan.pdf
jun 21, 2025, 10:22 am • 1 0 • view
Which confirms that the Council failed to consider the impact of climate change and the need for shade. Things that are/aren’t ok on George Street: Parked cars & buses ✅ Ice rinks ✅ Helter skelters✅ Spiegeltent ✅ Trees ❌
jun 21, 2025, 11:29 am • 0 0 • view
It seems that trees have now been added to the approved design. It's daft that they weren't an integral element from the outset. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/georgestreet...
jun 21, 2025, 8:35 am • 6 0 • view
I think 8 trees have been added. Based on the evidence of the new planting at Piccardy Place, I’d suggest that only 2 or 3 will ever reach maturity.
jun 21, 2025, 8:47 am • 2 0 • view
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
jun 21, 2025, 8:55 am • 1 0 • view
A whole eight huh?
jun 21, 2025, 9:49 am • 2 0 • view
Miserable plan on that length of street space ☹️
jun 21, 2025, 9:53 am • 2 0 • view
The shops and businesses there should think on it; a cooler and more pastoral street with *more* trees will keep shoppers coming in summer, partic vs competing St James Qtr & its air conditioning
jun 21, 2025, 9:57 am • 2 0 • view
and it’ll be far nicer too for outside dining and Fringe festival events, no?
jun 21, 2025, 9:58 am • 2 0 • view
I think use of George Street for festivals and events is a key factor in the design and lack of trees 🎪🎡🎠
jun 21, 2025, 1:00 pm • 1 0 • view
😕 Probs. A consequence of that will be greater need for mechanised cooling & heightened energy consumption
jun 21, 2025, 1:34 pm • 2 0 • view
Even by Edinburgh Council’s epic track record of stupidity & incompetence, that’s impressive: next to no shading or green space, and would just be a wind tunnel, because Edinburgh. A good conceptual match though for The Gilded Turd or the dystopian bleakness of Lothian Road/West Approach.
jun 21, 2025, 9:01 am • 2 0 • view