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Save Edinburgh's Old Odeon cinema building
Published by New Victoria on Mar 25, 2009
To: John Graham (Chief Executive of Historic Scotland)
CC: Mike Russell (Scotland’s Culture Minister)
Dear John Graham,
You are currently considering plans submitted by Duddingston House Properties (DHP) to partially demolish 7 Clerk Street (formerly known as the New Victoria Cinema or the Odeon Cinema) to make way for a boutique hotel.
You have described this building as Edinburgh’s ‘finest surviving cinema building’, and you are also on record claiming the building is worthy of category ‘A’ listing (currently ‘B’ listed). The Cinema Theatre Association believes it is the ‘best surviving example of architecture of its time’ in the UK. The building houses a magnificent auditorium with Scotland’s largest and grandest proscenium arch. This is now at risk of being demolished.
DHP and Edinburgh City Council claim the best viable option for the building is to demolish the auditorium. However, no feasibility study has taken place to seriously consider options for using the building as it stands, ie, as a five-screen cinema or a single-auditorium theatre.
We the undersigned urge you, please don’t permit the auditorium to be demolished. Please preserve our architectural heritage for the present and future generations. This building holds enough potential for use as a cinema or theatre, as an exciting national hub for creative activity, as it stands, without any need to demolish the auditorium.
Please protect this unique building, and one of the UK’s most beautiful auditoriums.
CC: Mike Russell (Scotland’s Culture Minister)
Dear John Graham,
You are currently considering plans submitted by Duddingston House Properties (DHP) to partially demolish 7 Clerk Street (formerly known as the New Victoria Cinema or the Odeon Cinema) to make way for a boutique hotel.
You have described this building as Edinburgh’s ‘finest surviving cinema building’, and you are also on record claiming the building is worthy of category ‘A’ listing (currently ‘B’ listed). The Cinema Theatre Association believes it is the ‘best surviving example of architecture of its time’ in the UK. The building houses a magnificent auditorium with Scotland’s largest and grandest proscenium arch. This is now at risk of being demolished.
DHP and Edinburgh City Council claim the best viable option for the building is to demolish the auditorium. However, no feasibility study has taken place to seriously consider options for using the building as it stands, ie, as a five-screen cinema or a single-auditorium theatre.
We the undersigned urge you, please don’t permit the auditorium to be demolished. Please preserve our architectural heritage for the present and future generations. This building holds enough potential for use as a cinema or theatre, as an exciting national hub for creative activity, as it stands, without any need to demolish the auditorium.
Please protect this unique building, and one of the UK’s most beautiful auditoriums.
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