Infirmary site towers 'threat to city's World Heritage title'

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / January 16

Edinburgh could be stripped of its World Heritage Site status because of two tower blocks to be built on the site of the old Royal Infirmary. A key advisory body which helps Unesco award the coveted title has said the Capital's skyline will be "pierced" by the two 11-storey blocks of flats which form part of the Quartermile development close to the Meadows. The International Council of Monuments and Sites (Icomos) said the skyline had been a key part of the original case for the World Heritage Site, which covers the Old and New Town.

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