A picture has resurfaced online showing a long since demolished Granton housing scheme in the 1980s.
In the image the infamous “Ramps” scheme of West Granton can be seen looking derelict as it sits in front of the iconic Granton gasworks. Only one of the gaswork structures remains in place today as the area has undergone a severe regeneration in the past two decades.
The Ramps were built to deal with the growing population of Edinburgh in the 1970s and at the time were heralded as an architectural marvel. But the brutalist landscape has not aged well in the eyes of those looking back on their time living in the estate.
