View from Edinburgh Castle

Princes Street

between Castle Street and Frederick Street

View to the North from Edinburgh Castle

View from Edinburgh Castle - Princes Street between Castle Street and Frederick Street - 2007

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                   Photograph taken March 24, 2007 at 12.28pm

 

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  View from Edinburgh Castle - Princes Street between Castle Street and Frederick Street - 2007 ©

   

Princes Street

between Castle Street and Frederick Street

2007 View

BACKGROUND:  Firth of Forth (just visible in the distance)
                          Inverleith Park and Royal Botanical Gardens (green, upper left)

CENTRE:            Princes Street, between Castle Street and Frederick Street
                          Scottish American War Memorial (below Princes Street, centre)

FOREGROUND:  West Princes Street Gardens
                          The Ross Theatre (lower right)

1950s View

Here, for comparison, is a view looking down on the gardens and Princes Street  in the 1950s:

looking down on Princes Street and the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens from Edinburgh Castle - 1950s ©

 

 

 

Princes Street: looking W

Princes Street: looking E

Princes Street: looking N

Princes Street: looking S

 

 

 

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