Sad to see this fine Edinburgh building lying empty. The old Odeon Cinema on the Southside of the city has been unused and unloved for more than twenty years.
Architecture
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Built between 1938 and 1940 for Caledonian Insurance, the largest insurance company at the time, the Capital Building was designed by architects Leslie Grahame Thomson and Frank J Connell.
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Portobello Town Hall is a Category B listed building on Portobello High Street.
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With beautiful Victorian baths and a top-of-the-range gym, the PSC offers views of the sea and Edinburgh’s only authentic Turkish bath, open to the public.
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The Governor’s House is located south of Calton Hill, next to the south-east corner of Old Calton Burial Ground and overlooks Waverley Station.
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The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art and promotes contemporary Scottish art.
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A ghost sign remains on what’s left of St James Square in Edinburgh’s New Town.
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James Craig – winner of the 1776 competition to design the layout of Edinburgh’s New Town.