Granton gasholder event: come along to see the council’s proposals to create public space at the iconic structure set in the heart of the Waterfront area.
Thursday, 17 February from 12pm – 6pm at Morrisons, 3 Waterfront Broadway.
granton:hub and Edinburgh College of Art invite the local community to discuss what could happen with local spaces, places and landscapes.
UPDATED PROGRAMME to include the history hub heritage exhibition
Granton:hub is taking part in an exciting European funded research project on the evolving heritages of Edinburgh’s shifting coastline.
The overall aim of the study is to document and understand different relationships to the heritage of this fluctuating landscape, to identify opportunities not just for institutional or governmental intervention, but also for Granton’s community to take action, and to explain what is expected from future plans.
A group of ECA academics and their students are interested in engaging with the local community, to reflect on the following themes/questions:
What is the wider geographical context of the Granton area?
How has this site evolved over time, physically, socially, and economically?
Who governs cultural heritage in Granton, and how?
How have local groups and stakeholders developed a sense of the heritage value of Granton?
For this workshop, the researchers will present a summary of their findings through posters and other materials to invite discussion on the future of heritage in Granton.
To complement the CUTE exhibition, the history hub will curate a set of exhibition boards presenting the history of Granton Gasworks Station, the Madelvic Car Factory, Caroline Park House, Granton Harbour and many other heritage features in the local area.
After the event, ECA will produce a document outlining their findings, for presentation at Una Europe, hosted by Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Your input would therefore shape a collaborative generated dossier of information about Granton to be presented at European level.
If you have any questions then please contact artingranton@grantonhub.org
We’re officially moving to our brand new home in Granton THIS WEEKEND! We’ve had an incredible year and a half at the wonderful Leith Theatre, but it’s now time for us to part ways
This means we’re looking to recruit new volunteers across every aspect of our organisation to help us continue the amazing work that’s been done since April 2020. We’ve provided over a million and a quarter meals free of charge and judgement to vulnerable people across Edinburgh and we need your help to keep delivering 5,000+ meals each week.
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