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Princes Street needs a dentist

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2003 / September 19

The new head of a leading architects group today called for the removal of eyesore buildings on Princes Street. George Ferguson visited the Capital as part of a "wonders and blunders" tour of the UK in his role as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He claimed the "terrible disasters" of late-20th century architecture which blight the flagship shopping street should be bulldozed and replaced by modern designs.

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