The Usher Hall is one of the most iconic buildings in Edinburgh city centre - but it could have ended up looking very different.
First proposed in the late 19th century, construction of the Lothian Road landmark was subject to a series of false starts and lengthy delays not too dissimilar to the modern-day Edinburgh Trams debacle.
And from its inception in 1896, to its eventual opening in 1914, the plan for how the Usher Hall was going to look and where it was going to be sited changed numerous times.
