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furniture-maker's premises must not rise above the level of Princes Street (which is the reason the roof of Waverley Market is at street level) and that the ground westwards for half the length of Princes Street "shall be kept and preserved in perpetuity as pleasure-grounds to be dressed up at the expense of the town council as soon as may be."
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and overturned, but when the Court again supported the council on the second point, the matter was submitted to judicial arbitration. This resulted in a judgement that the houses could be completed which later allowed the North British Hotel (Balmoral Hotel) to be built on the site, that the adjacent
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West Princes Street Gardens were originally the private property of "the Princes Street Proprietors" who overlooked them from their houses on the western half of the street. This was passed to them from the council in 1816 and the gardens were opened to subscribers generally in the New Town in 1821.
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Dogs, cricket, perambulators and smoking were prohibited under their rules, and people using bath-chairs had to present a doctor's certificate to the Committee of the garden attesting to their ailment not being contagious. An application by the Scottish Association for Suppressing Drunkenness that
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Every year, in the weeks leading up to the end of the year, the East Gardens are transformed into 'Edinburgh's Christmas'. This includes a variety of amusement park rides and the Christmas Market, which has food and gifts from all around the world. The most notable attraction is the 33 metre (108
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including the building of a very picturesque gardeners cottage at the east end of the West Gardens. As part of a later agreement (c.1880) the council widened Princes Street (resulting in a far steeper embankment on that side). A series of statues were erected along the edge of the widened road.
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Running along the southern edge of the West Princes Street Gardens is a train line separating the garden from the Castle Hill Garden. You can access Castle Hill Garden via a bridge behind the Ross Band Stand. The garden has been closed for several years due to rockfall and subsidence.
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A new monument, in the form of a baby elephant by sculptor Andy Scott, was added to the gardens on 2 February 2019. Located by The Genius of Architecture, this is a permanent reminder of the 250 babies and their families affected by the Mortonhall scandal, which was uncovered in 2012.
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to halt the building and to condemn the Corporation for having contravened their feuing terms by which they had presupposed open ground and a vista south of the street. After the Court found in favour of the council on the first point the decision was quickly appealed to the
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the gardens be opened during Christmas and New Year "with the object of keeping parties out of the dram shops (i.e. illegal drinking premises)" led eventually to them being opened to the general public on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and one other day in the year.
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In 1939 four huge air-raid shelters were created within this northern embankment. The distinctive shelters now on the upper walkway date from 1950 and were designed by Alexander Garden Forgie. As with most structures in the gardens they are listed buildings.
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Modernization of the gardens is currently under discussion with the launch of The Quaich Project fundraising campaign from the Ross Development Trust. The new design will improve accessibility and provide new pathways and connections across the city.
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The Ross Bandstand in the centre of the West Gardens is named after William Henry Ross, Chairman of the Distillers Company Ltd., who gifted the first bandstand on the site in 1877. The present building and terraces date from 1935.
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buildings are located. East Princes Street Gardens run from The Mound to Waverley Bridge, and cover 8.5 acres (3.4 ha). The larger West Princes Street Gardens cover 29 acres (12 ha) and extend to the adjacent churches of
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along the southern edge of the Gardens to join its Haymarket terminus to a new General Station adjoining the North British Railway Company's North Bridge terminus (both stations later renamed
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Until the 1960s on the western side of the West Princes Street Gardens the Castle Terrace Gardens were adjoined. In 1964 these gardens were dug up to construct a 750-bay car park.
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The Princes Street proprietors contributed £500 as a goodwill gesture to the cost of the bandstand. Various concerts and other events are held at the Ross Bandstand including the
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In 1876, despite much opposition from residents, the town council reacquired the ground for use as a public park. The new park was laid out by the City Architect
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who resided in St. David Street, a side street off Princes Street. In 1771 the council acquired the land as part of the First New Town development. It began
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The Gardens are the best known parks in Edinburgh, having the highest awareness and visitor figures for both residents and visitors to the city.
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proposed to rebuild the bandstand as a Ross Pavilion based on design by architects wHY following an international competition in 2017.
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The statuary group on the lower path represents The Genius of Architecture crowning the Theory and Practice of Art and is by
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A view of West Princes Street Gardens running up to the Castle Hill Gardens with the rail line separating the gardens hidden
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Daniel Ross, it was originally installed in 1872 and restored in 2018 with the help of the Ross Development Trust.
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The Gardener's Cottage of West Princes Street Gardens in 2014, before it was restored by the Ross Development Trust
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East Princes Street Gardens originated after a dispute between Edinburgh Corporation (town council) and the early
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Along the south side of Princes Street are many statues and monuments. In the East Gardens most prominent is the
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Norwegian Brigade Stone, donated in 1978 by Norwegian veterans trained in Scotland during the Second World War
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Switching on the newly-restored Ross Fountain in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh on 8 July 2018
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are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying in the shadow of
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originally for the garden of Rockville, the home of his maverick architect son-in-law
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In 1846 the railway was built in the valley to connect the Edinburgh-Glasgow line at
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East Princes Street Gardens in 2005, looking north-east from The Mound, showing the
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Scottish-American War Memorial by was designed by R. Tait McKenzie, erected in 1927
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In 1846, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway company constructed a railway line in a
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stands slightly hidden just south of the gardener's cottage. It was designed by
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Fireworks Concert, Men's Health Survival of the Fittest, and during the city's
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Baby ashes scandal: Elephant sculpture to 'never forget', BBC, 2 February 2019
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The Ross Bandstand of 1935 that the Ross Development Trust propose to replace
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The original Ross Bandstand in West Princes Street Gardens, in or before 1906
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The newly-restored Ross Fountain in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
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E F Catford, Edinburgh, The story of a city, Hutchinson 1975, pp.209ff,
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E F Catford, Edinburgh, The story of a city, Hutchinson 1975, pp.115-6,
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ground on the south side of Princes Street (on the site of the current
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E F Catford, Edinburgh, The story of a city, Hutchinson 1975, p.209,
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West Princes Street Gardens from the Edinburgh Castle slopes in 2011
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is the focus of the western end of the gardens. Gifted by Edinburgh
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The Floral Clock at the east entrance to West Princes Street Gardens
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The Genius of Architecture crowning the Theory and Practice of Art
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At the eastern entrance to the Gardens there is the world's first
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The Gardener's Cottage in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
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Buildings of Scotland:Edinburgh by McWilliam Gifford and Walker
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Along the south side of Princes Street are statues of the poet
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8.5 acres (3.4 ha; 0.0133 sq mi; 0.034 km)
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feet) high Ferris wheel, often dubbed 'The Edinburgh Eye'.
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Edinburgh air raid shelter in West Princes Street Gardens
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Glasgow-bound train about to enter the Haymarket Tunnel
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Memorial Plaque for the Mortonhall Baby Ashes Memorial
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Scott Monument
Balmoral Hotel
Waverley Station
North Bridge
Princes Street Gardens is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Urban park
Edinburgh
Coordinates
55°57′01″N 3°12′03″W / 55.950257°N 3.200758°W / 55.950257; -3.200758
Edinburgh Castle
Nor Loch
New Town
loch
sewage
Old Town
Princes Street
The Mound
National Gallery of Scotland
Royal Scottish Academy
St. John's
St. Cuthbert's
Haymarket
North British

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