It was a year when the city witnessed poll tax protests and (some things never change!) and traffic problems aplenty.
After the completion of Gilmerton junction, 1989 saw the finishing touches applied to Edinburgh’s new ring road – the A720 City Bypass, and there was drama on the football pitch as Hearts came agonisingly close to reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals, narrowly losing out over two legs against German giants Bayern Munich following a 1-0 win at Tynecastle.
In October, the Guthrie Street gas explosion led to the collapse of a tenement, claiming the lives of 21-year-old student Nicola Donnelly and 35-year-old lecturer Peter Small.
Have a look through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to 1989.
13. Nurses home at ERI 1989
The Florence Nightingale Nurses Home in the grounds of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in Lauriston Place. Picture taken November 1989. Photo: Bill Stout
14. The Fairer Sax in Cavalcade 1989
Members of The Fairer Sax, an all-girl saxophone band, take part in a windy Evening News Cavalcade in Princes Street Edinburgh, August 1989. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood Derek McNaughton
15. Ian Hislop in Edinburgh 1989
Ian Hislop, editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, was in the Capital to review the Edinburgh Festival in August 1989. Mr Hislop is pictured outside the Festival Fringe Society in the Royal Mile. Photo: Stanley Hunter
16. Mound Xmas tree arrives 1989
The Mound Christmas tree, Norway's present to Edinburgh, is delivered by lorry in November 1989. Photo: Iain White