Saltire Square
is the main public space on Waterfront Avenue. Built in 2004, it
includes the Vincent Butler Sculpture 'Going to the Beach'
which stands in a reflecting pond.
The Edinburgh
Waterfront Promenade will form a continuous walkway/cycleway
extending for almost 17km linking the river Esk at Joppa in the east
to the river Almond at Cramond in the west.
The
Edinburgh Waterfront is one of the most significant waterfront
regeneration projects in Europe today and – if it goes ahead (and
this area has suffered worst than most with stalled projects and the
promised trams not materialising) – then by 2037, around 30,000 new
homes will be built, as well as significant amounts of new business,
retail and leisure facilities, supported by new schools, health
facilities and open spaces.
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