What are the signs
of gentrification? Coffee shops? Direct action? Murals? Community
Gardens? Yarn-bombing? Bunting? We don't know, but we heart wandering around and spotting signs of change.
This trail will take about 30 minutes to walk this 1.4m trail – and you will be rewarded by official and unofficial street art along the way and a cuppa at the end:
This trail will take about 30 minutes to walk this 1.4m trail – and you will be rewarded by official and unofficial street art along the way and a cuppa at the end:
Halmyre
Street Mural
11 Halmyre St,
Edinburgh EH6 8QA
The mural,
coordinated by local art project, Leith Late, features the SS
Explorer, the last steam ship to be registered in Leith and now
one of the last surviving steam powered trawlers in the world.
Artists include
Rabiya Choudhry, Fraser Douglas, DUFI, Fraser Gray, Martin McGuinness
and Skint Richie.
Henderson
Street Mural
77 Henderson
Street, Edinburgh EH6 6ED
Russell Ian
Dempster's bold homage to the Leith-born Eduardo Paolozzi on a
derelict shop front.
Haven Mural
9 Anchorfield,
Edinburgh EH6 4JG
0131 467 7513
With it's vintage
mirrors and comfy armchairs, the Haven Cafe has the feel of a
old-fashioned tea room. The real surprise however is Michael Clark's
mural on the exterior wall featuring teapot, roses and a gramophone.
