R W Forsyth Sphere, view from Princes St.

The R W Forsyth Sphere on top of what used to be the R W Forsyth store, the company's second store, their first being in Glasgow.

Built as to be R W Forsyth's flagship store, it was the first fully steel-framed building in Scotland, and showed a very early use of glazed brick. It is currently a listed building.

In 2012, the Arcadia group removed the sphere when the top floors were converted in to a hotel as 'health and safety'. With no sign of the sphere being reinstated, a petition in 2015 calling for its reinstatement.

It was restored in 2016 by Powderhall Bronze, and reinstated in June 2016, but on a nice day like today,