ROBERT COOPER and I step out of Freemason's Hall into Edinburgh's George Street, the central strand of James Craig's New Town grid plan of 1766. Cooper is curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and he starts pointing out a Freemasonic townscape.
"Craig was a Mason," remarks Cooper, a 54-year-old former civil servant, "and the New Town is of course quite geometric compared to the Old Town, in fact some have suggested that the New Town Plan was designed according to Masonic geometry," - Freemasons traditionally regard geometry as 'the queen of sciences'.
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"Craig was a Mason," remarks Cooper, a 54-year-old former civil servant, "and the New Town is of course quite geometric compared to the Old Town, in fact some have suggested that the New Town Plan was designed according to Masonic geometry," - Freemasons traditionally regard geometry as 'the queen of sciences'.
Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Edinburgh - A not so secret history