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The Royal Mile, Edinburgh Edinburgh Research Explorer An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity Citation for published version: Harwood, S 2013 'An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity: Two Years Later' University of Edinburgh Business School Working Paper Series, University of Edinburgh Business School. Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Early version, also known as pre-print Publisher Rights Statement: © Harwood, S. (2013). An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity: Two Years Later. (University of Edinburgh Business School Working Paper Series). University of Edinburgh Business School. 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Harwood August 2013 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity Two years later Stephen A. Harwood University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK [email protected] August 2013 The Audit in 2013 This report is the fourth publication in a series on an on-going study into the concept of authenticity, which uses the Royal Mile as the case-study. The aim of this report is to provide an update to two previous Royal Mile audits in 2011and 2012 and reveal changes, in particular, those related to non-residential street-facing doorways in the Royal Mile since the previous audit a year ago. The audit is conducted on the anniversary of the first audit, which was conducted between 15th and 21st July 2011. Like the previous reports, it is predominantly a visual record of the street, with this report presenting 285 photographs. In addition to change, this report provides material that explores several themes that emerged as interesting during the study (e.g. kiltmakers, police boxes and graffiti). It also provides a visual insight into the 76 closes that characterise the Royal Mile as well as views from the Royal Mile down the numerous streets that run off the Royal Mile. The report is completed with an Appendix that updates the previous Appendices for 2011 and 2012 and provides details about non-residential street-facing doorways in the Royal Mile. This is based upon data from the Scottish Assessors Association (SAA) Valuation Roll, downloaded on the 15th July. The street was walked between the 15th and 17th July to record changes in the street. Over 1,500 photos were taken over the period 15th July to the 26th July, from which were selected the collection presented. These are presented in relatively low resolution to enable the production of a Word document, whilst the finer detail is preserved in the original prints. This report is one of a series which commenced with an audit of the Royal Mile in 2011 (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012a), repeated in 2012 (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012b) and now this year. Details about this study are presented in the first report “An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity” (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012a). As stated in the first publication, “the overall aim of the study is to attempt to understand the multi-faceted nature of authenticity and establish whether and how the concept of authenticity can be used by businesses and policy makers” (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012a). Complementing the audits is a working paper, which provides a scholarly grounded conceptualisation of the Royal Mile through the lens of authenticity (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012c). Corrigenda to the first report Page 63: ‘Ramsey is misspelt and should be ‘Ramsay’ Page 64: ‘James Court’ is misspelt and should be ‘James’ Court’ Page 64: ‘Lady Stair Court’ is misspelt and should be ‘Lady Stair’s Court’ Page 69: ‘Carubber’s Close’ is misspelt and should be ‘Carrubber’s Close’ Page 74: ‘Copper’s Close’ is misspelt and should be ‘Cooper’s Close’ Corrigenda to the second report Page 21: ‘Ramsey is misspelt and should be ‘Ramsay’ Pages 22 and 23: ‘James Court’ is misspelt and should be ‘James’ Court’ Pages 18 and 23: ‘Lady Stair Court’ is misspelt and should be ‘Lady Stair’s Court’ Page 28: ‘Carubber’s Close’ is misspelt and should be ‘Carrubber’s Close’ Page 32: ‘Copper’s Close’ is misspelt and should be ‘Cooper’s Close’ An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity Two years later Stephen A. Harwood © 2013 Contents The Audit in 2013 .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 The ‘Toured Object’ revisited .............................................................................................................................. 5 CHANGE: ‘NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK’ OR JUST A ‘CHANGE IN IMAGE’? ...................................... 7 Castlehill .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 330 Lawnmarket .................................................................................................................................................. 7 324-326 Lawnmarket ........................................................................................................................................... 8 302 Lawnmarket .................................................................................................................................................. 8 503 Lawnmarket .................................................................................................................................................. 9 459-463 Lawnmarket ........................................................................................................................................... 9 144 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 10 122 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 10 1-3 South Bridge ................................................................................................................................................ 11 46 High Street .................................................................................................................................................... 11 205 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 12 115 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 12 109 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 12 83 High Street .................................................................................................................................................... 13 5 High Street ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 250 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 14 244 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 14 208 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 15 204 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 15 98 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 82 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 173 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................
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