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Are the wraps about to come off a long-running Capital saga?

Four years of "repair work" at city centre five-star hotel may finally be nearing an end

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David Forsyth
Jan 22, 2025
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Under wraps:, and under debate on social media. Pic: Edinburgh Reichstag on Reddit

It’s been described as a “blight on the historic environment” of Edinburgh’s Old Town. For around four years, it’s been under wraps literally and metaphorically, and for all that time it’s caused an obstruction to one of the Capital’s busiest pavements and narrowed a main …

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