Around Edinburgh

Edinburgh Old Town

 

McGlashon's Scottish Stereographs

McGlashon's Scottish Stereographs - Edinburgh Old Town from Burns' Monument ©

Edinburgh Old Town
 from Burns Monument

McGlashon's Scottish Stereographs - Waveley Bridge and Edinburgh Old Town ©

Waverley Bridge
 and Edinburgh Old Town

 

G W Wilson  -  Stereo Views

GW Wilson stereo card - Waverley Bridge and Old Town from Princes Street ©

Waverley Bridge and Old Town

 

Engravings - Modern Athens - 1829

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Edinburgh Old Town and North Bridge from Princes Street ©

Old Town & North Bridge

from Princes Street

 Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Edinburgh Old Town and Bank of Scotland from Princes Street ©

Old Town & Bank of Scotland

from Princes Street

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - Waverley Market ©

Waverley Market

& North Bridge

 

Photos  -  1986

   Edinburgh Old Town and Balloons about to be launched - 1986 ©

September 1986

Balloons

   Edinburgh Old Town and Balloons in the Sky - 1986 ©

September 1986

Balloons in the Sky

 

Recent Photos

August 2003

After the Edinburgh Cavalcade 2003 - zoom-out ©

After the Cavalcade

View from Princes Street

August 2007

Looking towards the Old Town of Edinburgh from Princes Street ©

View from Princes Street

 

Looking towards the Old Town of Edinburgh from Princes Street ©

View from Princes Street

zoom-in

 

Old Town Fire

Photos  -   December 2002

Photographs by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - Dismantling the wall in Cowgate ©

Cowgate

 

 Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - The Gilded Balloon, Cowgate ©

Looking down Blair Street

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - South Bridge ©

South Bridge

Photograph by Peter Stubbs - Edinburgh - December 2002 - Fire in the Old Town of Edinburgh - The Gilded Balloon, Cowgate ©

Looking down Blair Street

Photos  -   June 2003

Cowgate - Scene of the Old Town Fire - six months later - June 2003 - Buildings demolished ©

June 2003

Photos  -   September 2005

Scene of the Old Town Fire - almost three years later - September 2005 ©

September 2005

Proposed Redevelopment  -  2006

Artist's Impressions

Proposed SoCo development on the site of the Old Town Fire - View of the Cowgate facade from the NE ©

Cowgate

View from NE

Proposed SoCo development on the site of the Old Town Fire - View of the corner of South Bridge and Chamber Street from the S ©

South Bridge

View from S

Old Town Fire:   More photos

 

Views from the Scott Monument

August 2009

View from the Scott Monument, looking SE - August 2009 ©

View from the Scott Monument, looking SE - August 2009 ©

View from the Scott Monument, looking SE - August 2009 ©

 View from the Scott Monument, looking SE - August 2009 © View from the Scott Monument, looking SE - August 2009 ©

November 2010

View from the Scott Monument  -  November 2010 ©

View from the Scott Monument  -  November 2010 ©

 

Sketch

Part of a sketch - View from Calton Hill, looking to the south and South West towards Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Canongate and Dumbiedykes housing ©

Salisbury Crags and Dumbiedykes

Part of a sketch - View from Calton Hill, looking to the west towards North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle ©

North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle

 

Maps and Aerial Photograph

Edinburgh - 1844 - Map prodcued for the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge - Section K ©

1844

Edinburgh Map - 1925 - Section K ©

1925

Aerial Photograph - 2001 - Section K ©

2001

Please click on any of the images above.  All three will appear on the same page.

 

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Allan Ramsay's House in the Royal Mile ©

Recollections:  Edinburgh Old Town

 

 

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