EDINBURGH’S New Town is well known for its architectural significance – it’s a comparatively early example of a city based on a grid plan and…
EDINBURGH’S New Town is well known for its architectural significance – it’s a comparatively early example of a city based on a grid plan and sits among some of the major cities in the world that follow a similar design principle – such as Glasgow, New York, or Barcelona.In my view, Edinburgh’s New Town is one of the best examples we can give to show the deliberate building of British identity in Scotland – specifically through the naming of public spaces.
The logic, therefore, follows that a construction of British identity in Scotland was necessary post-Union, and Edinburgh’s New Town is a fantastic example of how this was done through one of our nation’s most significant locations. The two parallel squares St Andrew Square and George Square, named after the patron saints of Scotland and England respectively, are connected by George Street – named after the king of the time – with Frederick Street named after his father. This is a clear nod to the political union of Scotland and England, joined together by the monarchical union of then king George.
The nods to the Union in Edinburgh’s New Town go beyond just the names of the places, though. Some of the earlier proposed designs included one to build the New Town in the shape of a Union Jack.A journal article from 1971 called Plans for the New Town of Edinburgh, tells us that the original designs by James Craig were in the shape of the UK flag.
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