Marischal Square development surrounding historic Provost Skene's House in central Aberdeen Scotland, December 2015.
Marischal Square is a mixed use development ongoing in Broad Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. The development is located on the site of St. Nicholas House, Aberdeen City Council's former 14 storey headquarters building. The site comprises acres and is surrounded by Broad Street to the east, Upper Kirkgate to the north and Flourmill Lane to the west. The site is being developed in a single phased and completion is expected in 2017. There have been protests against the development. Several hundred demonstrators formed a human chain around the site in January 2015. Aberdeen City Council has refused to publish an e-petition on its website calling for contracts to be scrapped that will bring the Marischal Square project to residents have lodged an application to the local authority urging it to host a petition to “cancel” contracts with developer, Muse, and investors, Aviva. Aberdeen City Council voted to demolish St. Nicholas House and market the vacant site for development in October 2011. The short-listed designs were made public in April 2013 and Manchester based Muse Developments in a joint venture with Aviva Investors were selected as the preferred bidder on 1 May 2013. Sir George Skene was Provost of the city of Aberdeen in Scotland from 1676 to 1685. Today he is most famous and widely known for his house, which is a major tourist attraction in Aberdeen. Provost Skene's House was built in 1545, and was bought by him in 1669. It was opened to the public in 1953 as a 'Period House and Museum of Local History' by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The rooms have been furnished in the styles of the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. There are collections of coins and local history. The house is much altered, but is a rare survival of Aberdeen's medieval burgh architecture. Rated a three star museum, the museum is free to the public. However it is currently closed and boarded up due to the Marischal Square development.
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Location: Broad Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
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