Many
high tenements in the Old Town of Edinburgh were demolished
in the mid-nineteenth century to enable Lord Cockburn Street
(now known as Cockburn Street to be built. This
curves street leads from Waverley Bridge (above Waverley Station
up the hill to join the High Street opposite the Tron
Church. The
high building seen on the right, with the washing hanging
outside one of the windows, is the back of the Royal
Exchange which faces onto the Royal Mile opposite St
Giles Cathedral. |