Re-Union Canal Boats and Fountainbridge Canalside Initiative are planning to create a community-led organisation that combines enterprise and creativity to improve the quality of life for people living, and coming to live, in our area.
Hello! We are Tommy and Jane. We recently started this project after living near the unused police box at the end of Leamington Terrace (near Gilmore Place). We wanted to be creative about imagining its potential. Convert a rusting box into a community resource The police box has been unused for years and is slowly …
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Although it’s just outside the boundaries of Merchiston Community Council, this eye-catching portrait of Frederick Douglass by Trench One is definitely worth a mention. The mural is located on the corner of Lower Gilmore Place. It only appeared at the end of September 2020, coinciding nicely with the start of Black History Month. After escaping …
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Edinburgh Printmakers are opening their new home, Castle Mills, on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April 2019. You will find them at 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9FP. It will be an exciting weekend. Here is an overview of what’s waiting for you at Castle Mills. Exhibitions by internationally acclaimed artists The Politics of Heritage vs. …
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