Odeon Edinburgh

CSWalczak on November 12, 2010 at 2:04 pm

This article includes a picture of what façade of the theatre would look like if the plans of preservationists move frward: View link

Ken Roe on October 25, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Vintage photographs of the New Victoria Cinema:
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/1265.html

garypainter on March 26, 2009 at 8:42 am

Although the decision to allow demolition has been passed by Edinburgh City Council, the final say on Listed Building Consent has still to be passed by heritage body Historic Scotland.

A new electronic petition was launched yesterday to try to push for Historic Scotland to refuse this application.

In less than 24 hours, it has collected 500+ signatures, the majority of which seem to be from Edinburgh residents themselves keen to see the building re-used as some kind of cultural or leisure venue, which would be much more sympathetic to the historic fabric of the building than a boutique hotel. It’s situated in a slightly rundown area of the city, and such a cultural or arts venue would be an excellent anchor for regeneration – and would give much mroe back to the community than any commercial hotel enterprise would offer.

You can find the petition here, please take a moment to sign:

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Thank You

smallbrown on January 14, 2009 at 11:08 pm

many years ago I started a history project on the Odeon. A couple of days ago I started writing it up as a blog.

http://odeonedinburgh.blogspot.com

garypainter on October 26, 2008 at 8:00 am

The New Victoria is under very serious threat now – the planning application submitted in January 2008 which involved demolition of the interior of the auditorium block for a hotel is due to be discussed by the City of Edinburgh Council planning committee on Wed 29th October. The planning officer in charge of the case is recommending that the application be granted, but the councillors on the planning committee may vote against this recommendation – although this is very rare indeed. We are trying to lobby those councillors by emailing them before Wednesday morning to remind them of the importance of the cinema in a national context. We would be very grateful if others could do so too. Their names are printed below, and their email addresses take the form .uk Many thanks for your time.

Jim Lowrie
Charles Dundas
Elaine Morris
Gary Peacock
Marjorie Thomas
Colin Keir
Stuart McIvor
Rob Munn
Lesley Hinds
Norma Hart
Eric Milligan
Joanna Mowat
Cameron Rose
Alastair Paisley
Steve Burgess

woody on January 23, 2008 at 5:32 am

and also a distance shot taken from arthurs seat showing the roof of the odeon and its vast size
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2213029334/

Ken Roe on December 1, 2007 at 8:43 am

A set of eight vintage photographs of ther former New Victoria/Odeon cineam, courtesy of the Cinema Theatre Association archives:
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Ken Roe on November 18, 2007 at 8:57 am

A vintage photograph of the New Victoria Cinema playing the Gaumont release programme in September 1949:
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A vintage photograph of the Odeon playing the Rank release in April 1971:
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