Edinburgh's Beautiful New Town | A Tour Of The Most Elegant Georgian City In The World

Hi everyone, hope you're well and you enjoy this wee tour & celebration of Edinburgh's beautiful New Town. I had a bit of time this week to put this together and I'll be releasing a wee update video shortly. I had planned to take a break until Christmas, but I'm getting through my work quicker than I expected and so I'll keep posting when I can, there just won't be any time scale. I'll be releasing a small article on my website to accompany this video explaining how the New Town came about.

Edinburgh's New Town is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The inspiration for the 'new town', on the far side of the Nor' Loch, was Lord Provost George Drummond's, who was concerned about the then filthy and overcrowded conditions of the city, mainly in the Old Town around the Castle and Royal Mile. A competition to plan the first new town was won in 1766 by James Craig who was just 23 years old and completely unknown. His plan was for a 'grid-iron' pattern of three main streets, Princes Street, George Street and Queen Street, with gardens and a square at each end (St Andrew and Charlotte Square). Houses were originally built along Princes Street too, but these have now long since given way to shops and offices. There have been many new phases to the New Town, which all have their own character, and it's great fun to have a wander around and discover all these wonderful architectural styles.
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