What is Outlook Tower?

This blog was named in honor of  Sir Patrick Geddes 'Outlook Tower' in Edinburgh. 

Per Wikipedia:

In 1892, Patrick Geddes, a pioneering Scottish urban planner, sociologist, and ecologist, assumed management of the site, renamed it the "Outlook Tower," and organized it as a museum and urban study centre demonstrating his philosophy of planning, which was based on comprehensive surveys of the site, city, and region. 

He installed a series of exhibits on progressively broader geographic themes as one ascended the tower — first the world on the ground floor, then Europe, the English-speaking countries, Scotland, and Edinburgh — with the camera obscura itself continuing to project a real-time image of the city at the very top.[3] People from all walks of life were invited to come to the tower to study and learn about their city.[4]