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BMX Biker, Wester Hailes Drive
Millar, J. H., 1983, Photograph
BMX Biker, Wester Hailes Drive
BMX Biker, Wester Hailes Drive
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19908
Title
BMX Biker, Wester Hailes Drive
Description
A young man stands on the back wheel of a BMX bike whilst lifting the front wheel in the air and holding one arm and leg outstretched. He balances the bike at the base of a rickety ramp constructed from pallets and sheets or wood. The ramp is in a grassy area beside a paved walkway between high-rise blocks of flats.
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Millar, J. H.
Date
1983
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30.1 x 21 cm
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Photograph
Wester Hailes, located on the western periphery of Edinburgh, is a post-war housing estate constructed between 1969 and 1975. On completion, the housing stock comprised a mixture of tenements and high-rise. Wester Hailes possessed a declining population with a high proportion of single parent and low income households, high unemployment and a high turnover of tenancies. It was one of four peripheral housing estates chosen to take part in the New Life for Urban Scotland Initiative in 1988. The initiative and the partnerships that they generated were expected to provide valuable lessons on how to tackle the social, economic and environmental problems of large urban distressed areas. The area was extensively redeveloped during the 1990s and 2000s with a number of initiatives outlined by the Wester Hailes Partnership. These initiatives covered housing and environmental improvement, the improvement of social facilities, the provision of training opportunities and the promotion of community activities and involvement. Housing and environmental improvements have had a visible impact with a large number of properties being renovated and others being demolished and replaced with newer 'low-rise' housing.
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