100 Years Of Edinburgh Planning On Display

A touring exhibition showing a century of town planning in the Scottish capital is to open this weekend at the Museum of Edinburgh.

The '100 Years of Planning' temporary display was launched at the Council's Waverley Court in September before touring different corners of the city.

The exhibition explores ten decades of the Edinburgh skyline from 1914 to the present day.

The display will also pay tribute to significant people in the history of Edinburgh's landscape, including the father of modern town planning, Sir Patrick Geddes, to the man who designed Edinburgh's iconic police boxes, Ebenezer James Macrae.


Councillor Ian Perry, Convener of the Planning Committee, said: "This exhibition offers a fantastic opportunity to take stock of planning in Edinburgh over the last century. Our Edinburgh World Heritage site is part of the city's international status and the display provides visitors with a great insight into how this has been achieved."

Councillor Richard Lewis, Convener of the Culture and Sport Committee, added: "Above the entranceway to the Museum of Edinburgh there is a an old Latin inscription which translates as Today to me, tomorrow to thee. To me, this sums up Edinburgh’s streets and buildings which change and grow as the city gets older and is inherited by new generations. A timeline will run through the exhibition so that visitors can understand the city’s architecture and streets in context with other events that took place in the city and the wider world over the last 100 years."

(IT/MH)