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Commented on In the pulp
Seeing as I'll be in London later in July I may pick up the non-Mermaid Boobies edition to read while we travel. :)...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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I think he's referring to the previous Caltongate development plan by Mountgrange Capital, which flopped due to the property crash/recession. There's a new plan this year which, to my eyes, looks a little less dire....
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guthrie commented on
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You mean the fire's still alight after all this time? ;) It is possible to do some decent development in Edinburgh, although I forgot another one - the idea of a massive tall office block on the car park near the Haymarket station. The Scandic crown stands out like a sore thumb because it doesn't blend in with the other buildings nearby, but given that the Victorians demolished most of the old town anyway (Well that which didn't burn down first), it isn't as if there's much really old stuff to contrast badly with. It fits with the pseudo-Scots stuff...
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mkellis commented on
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The Mermaid Boobs cover is definitely, well, Mermaid Boobs. But the structure on the Orbit edition cover looks suspiciously like an SFnal Georgia O'Keeffe painting......
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gravelbelly22 commented on
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I think Edinburgh is doing OK at the moment, from the development PoV... Developers like the boring non-central bread-and-butter stuff, not just the city centre gap sites. Yes, the Missoni is boring, but as you say the old council building was fairly dire. As for "ugly hotel in Grassmarket" - when I was a student, the Mountbatten Building was Heriot-Watt University's Electrical Engineering home. 1960s sacrilege includes Appleton Tower (where I spent much of first year), and the Potterrow. There's only so much you can do to them - without the kind of solution that breaks lots of windows. Port...
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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Well, just done my first bit to keep Charlie in beer for a day or two - went out & bought the revised "Traders War" series ... with Mermaid boobies to look forward (down?) to next month .......
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