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Granite City is in thrall to the Philistines

A Russian oligarch with a taste for bling has a new vision for Edinburgh.

He wants to fill in historic Princes Street Gardens, along with a good part of the Haymarket to Waverley railway line, and use the space created to build a car park and retail park, right in the heart of one of the world’s most architecturally-distinguished cities.