Basic Site Details
| Name: | Housing, Greendykes |
| Town, district or village: | Craigmillar |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Includes two tower blocks |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Flats | ||
| Housing scheme | 598 Houses, 2 Shops and 40 garages, £2.2m | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1964 | Build/construction | ||
| May 1994 | May 1995 | Damage | Riots reported in May 1994; Broken windows & car fires following rioting and vandalism. Newspapers claim the rioters were "local youths" reduced to boredom as there are no local amenities or activities available to them. Reports in 1995 claim the situation remained the same despite £25,000 funding for youth activities in the Craigmillar area. |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Alexander Steele | A | 1964 | As City Architect | ||
| Edinburgh City Architect's Department (Edinburgh Corporation) | A | 1964 | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p545 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Building | 2 August 1968 | p111 | ||
| Edinburgh Evening News | 16 May 1994 | p1,p3 | ||
| Edinburgh Evening News | 10 May 1995 | p21 | ||