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Commission And Contract

Date 1962

Event ID 576331

Category Building History

Type Commission And Contract

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/576331

A 23-storey point block with balcony access built as public housing by Edinburgh Borough Council. The block, consisting of 88 dwellings, constituted part of Phase II of a development scheme at Muirhouse. Construction was approved by committee in 1962. The contractor for the development was William Arnott McLeod & Co. Ltd.

Glendinning and Methusius 1994

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