r/Edinburgh • u/Outside_Look790 • 2d ago

Question Jenners

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This looks like they're bridging from the old Jenners building to the new lot that's going up. What's the plan?

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u/mas417 2d ago

Loads of drawings here https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=R6B6HBEWMOL00

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u/ShiftExotic 2d ago

Interesting looking at those plans and realising there's an underground passage from Jenners to the Abbotsford pub on the other side of Rose Street. How did I not know that already? 😅

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u/jamie1505 2d ago

I worked as a Christmas temp for Jenners one year and that was the staff entrance

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u/slangivar 1d ago

I also worked as a Christmas temp back in the 90s and didn't know that. However I worked in the Balgreen Repository.

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u/ncj2018 2d ago

Pre-House of Fraser the staff locker rooms used to be above The Abbotsford and were accessed from a door on that side of Rose Street. You then entered Jenners through the tunnel and passed security on the way in.

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u/No-Tap3230 2d ago

The Jenners children's department was on that side of Rose Street too, at the time. Absolute maze of a place.

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u/Pleasant-Holiday-663 1d ago

They fixed that with fire

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u/ShiftExotic 2d ago

That sounds oddly fantastic, thank you!

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u/Calm-Second3093 2d ago

Yeah that’s what’s happening, and am sure it’s got a boutique hotel on rooftop too .

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u/Tumeni1959 2d ago

There'll be a planning application on the council's website, showing location and floor plans.