tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post5416760366302002418..comments2023-06-16T16:08:23.446+01:00Comments on Edinburgh Housewife: The Healing Calm of the New TownMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-17854420930486723112015-08-28T13:12:23.189+01:002015-08-28T13:12:23.189+01:00I love Edinburgh. Although I don't share your ...I love Edinburgh. Although I don't share your taste for semicircles quite (I'm a die-hard Gothicist), there truly can be a calm and peace that comes from the architecture of a place as of course there can be tension and disquiet. <br /><br />I'm particularly fond of Deans Village and the area around the river. I almost think places like that would help the mentally ill.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608386655034196937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-19624976052125126432015-08-28T11:51:59.407+01:002015-08-28T11:51:59.407+01:00That almost happened to Edinburgh, too. In fact, q...That almost happened to Edinburgh, too. In fact, quite a few beautiful buildings and squares hit the dust in the 1960s. Thank heavens some city-dwellers rebelled and made a fuss. We have them to thank for the preservation of the New Town, for example. Princes Street was almost totally destroyed, and now is home to quite a lot of ugliness although--thank heavens--it still has a magnificent view of the Old Town.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-51390865892535178402015-08-27T11:44:16.057+01:002015-08-27T11:44:16.057+01:00Toronto self-cannabilises? Sounds like Melbourne. ...Toronto self-cannabilises? Sounds like Melbourne. Along came the 1960s and bye-by-e to heaps of Victorian buildings. #progressJuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992516879346846271noreply@blogger.com