Following the completion of Gilmerton junction, 1989 witnessed the finishing touches being applied to Edinburgh’s new ring road – the A720 City Bypass.
In the city centre, fresh developments included a new financial hub, Saltire Court, being constructed at the notorious Castle Terrace gap-site, and the city’s first ever purpose-built mosque in the Southside.
There was sporting success too. Hearts came within a whisker of reaching the UEFA Cup semi finals, narrowly losing out over two legs against German cracks Bayern Munich following an historic 1-0 victory at Tynecastle.
The city was in jubilant mood on November 5, 1989. Nothing to do with Guy Fawkes – Scotland had just qualified for the 1990 World Cup.
But there was sadness towards the end of the year too.
In October, the Guthrie Street gas explosion caused the collapse of a tenement and claimed the lives of 21-year-old student Nicola Donnelly and 35-year-old lecturer Peter Small.
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5. No smoking!
Workmen George Nisbet and Mark Miller place the small stones making up a giant 'No smoking' symbol at the Mound in Edinburgh 1989.
Photo: Crauford Tait
6. Philip Contini & pasta 1989
Propietor Philip Contini with some of the types of fresh and dried pasta on sale at the Valvona & Crolla delicatessen in Edinburgh, June 1989.
Photo: Bill Stout
7. University Rag Day 1989
Three girls from Edinburgh University dressed as waitresses with stockings and suspenders taking part in the students' procession in April 1989.
Photo: Joe Steele
8. Pedestrian plaza
The Greek temple-shaped 'pedestrian plaza' (in Edinburgh's Princes Street gardens with an ice cream van parked beside it in May 1989.
Photo: Denis Straughan