Leith’s dockside trasformation: Conversion of the Commercial Street Bounded Warehouses

The paper deals with the regeneration of the old Port of Edinburgh and the conversion of the former Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses. Conversion began in the early 1980's provinding a mixture of housing, offices and wine bars in an enclave focused on the water of Leith.The biggest challenge to date has been the change of use of a long range of warehouses that line Commercial Street , stretching towards a formely deprived part of the city. The refurbisment of this area is an example of urban regeneration which has the potentrial to act as a model for simiral buildings and sites in other localities