Hailesland Place Looking up Clovenstone Rd.

Category

Library Item

Item no

21371

Title

Hailesland Place looking up Clovenstone Rd, towards Pentland Hills, Wester Hailes

Description

In half shade it is possible to make out the snow covered Pentlands on the horizon.The outline of a footbridge can be seen. There are two bus stops one on either side of an empty road. One is almost in complete shade. The pavements are skirted by grass and high bushes. There are street lights. The one nearest the viewer has a sign for "Hailesland Place".

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2009

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Landscape > Land > Hills

Natural phenomena > Weather > Snow

Places > Edinburgh areas > Wester Hailes

Plants > Grasses > Grasses

Transport > Infrastructure > Bus shelters

Transport > Infrastructure > Pedestrian bridges

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Infrastructure > Street lights

Transport > Infrastructure > Traffic signs and signals

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