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This is just cleaning the facades! Edinburgh prohibits this kind of cosmetic work in ordr to keep the historical character of buildings (tho sandstone doesn't g
by falsedan 8y ago
This is just cleaning the facades! Edinburgh prohibits this kind of cosmetic work in ordr to keep the historical character of buildings (tho sandstone doesn't go as black as limestone).
- arethuza 8y agoAre you sure - most buildings in central Edinburgh seem to have been cleaned in the last couple of decades?
- stevekemp 8y agoI remember the cleaning of the Scott Monument was a very contentious issue - which was eventually abandoned. Nowadays you can see the contrast between the old/dirty stone and the new pieces used for restoration.
- arethuza 8y agoI'm actually sitting in an office in George Street looking out of my window at a stone wall where I can see that the entire one building has been cleaned and the next door one hasn't! :-) The National Galleries near the Mound was cleaned entirely a few years back - it's actually starting to collect dark marks on it again.
- handelaar 8y agoWhen I was small most of Edinburgh looked exactly like these photos, and they didn't start washing it until the late 80s. (edit: come to think of it, entire central Edinburgh area still smelled of coal smoke in the mornings until about then, too, though Musselburgh even more so)