New Building, Hailesland Place Wester Hailes

Category

Library Item

Item no

21367

Title

New Building, Hailesland Place Wester Hailes

Description

The distinctive Dove Community Centre building overlooks the Union Canal at Wester Hailes.It has a concrete patio fronting on to the canal.Around it are lawns.A ribon of fencing along the towpath can just be seen as can the outline of a bridge.In the distance trees separate flats from the canal.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2009

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Union Canal at Wester Hailes reopened on Saturday 25 August 2001, allowing water passage to central Edinburgh. The original canal was closed over in the late 1960s as new housing was developed in the area. Millennium funding allowed a new canal to be dug out. New bridges and walk ways were built and sculptures commissioned. The canal is now enjoyed by rowers and passengers of barges while the path is a peaceful walk or cycle to and from Edinburgh.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

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Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Places > Edinburgh areas > Wester Hailes

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Canals

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