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Castle Terrace gap site, Royal Lyceum and Usher Hall
Unknown, 1989, Photograph
Castle Terrace gap site, Royal Lyceum and Usher Hall
Castle Terrace gap site, Royal Lyceum and Usher Hall
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30197
Title
Castle Terrace gap site. Royal Lyceum, Usher Hall and Grindlay Street adjacent
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1989
Size
20.3 x 24.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
A notorious gap site on Castle Terrace was long seen as a site for Edinburgh's proposed opera house, but in December 1987 Edinburgh District Council adopted the proposal by Metropolitan Property and Noble & Co. to build an office complex on the site, a new purpose built theatre being part of the design brief. This soon led to a submissions war between the Traverse and Royal Lyceum to become tenants of the new theatre, the Traverse eventually being given the honour in June 1988.
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