Princes Street

looking to the N and NE

Princes Street, one of the first streets in Edinburgh's New Town, was built in 1769.

from

The Mound

and Ramsay Garden

Photos

Princes Street - Looking North from The Mound - c.1865 ©
Engraving

Engraving in 'Modern Athens' ©

looking across

Waverley Bridge

Photos -  1850s

Waverley Bridge - Tunnel Construction and Princes Street - Photograph by Begbie ©

Waverley Bridge - Tunnel Construction and Princes Street - Photograph by Begbie ©

Photo

C&A Modes, Princes Street - Fire 1955, View from Waverley Bridge ©

from

Princes Street Gardens

Stereo View

Stereoscopic view by BW Kilburn - The Scott Monument from Princes Street Gardens ©
Recent Photos

Edinburgh Cow Parade - 2006 - East Princes Street Gardens ©

from

Scott Monument

looking down

Photos

Looking down on Jenners and Princes Street from the Scott Monument ©

from near

Waverley Steps

Photos

Aunt Winnie and Woolworths - around 1948 ©

Postcards

Valentine's Postcard - Waverley Steps - Posted 1936 ©

from

Edinburgh Castle

Postcards

B & R Postcard - Edinburgh from the Castle - Looking towards the Scott Monument, National Galleries, Princes Street and Calton Hill ©
Photos

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

between

Hanover Street

and

Frederick Street

Recent Photos

Primark - New Shop in Princes Street on Opening Day, December 2011 ©

between

Frederick Street

and

 Castle Street

1960s Photos

Princes Street Shops - Jaeger to Salisbury - 1960s? ©

Princes Street

west of

 Castle Street

1960s Photos

Jacey News Theatre, 131 Princes Street ©

from

National Galleries

Recent Photos

Edinburgh New Year Celebrations - Torchlight Procession - December 29, 2006 ©

Shops

between Hanover Street and the West End

Recent Photos

Princes Street Shops, 135-138 - Photo taken on the day of the Pope's visit to Edinburgh - September 16, 2010 ©

 

Princes Street

Map of Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens - 1860

 

 

 

Full Index

Views of Edinburgh

Princes Street views:
 Looking E         Looking W         Looking N + NE        Looking S

from Calton Hill        Preparing for the Trams        Princes Street Gardens

Other street views:
 Grassmarket         George Street          High Street        High Street closes        Leith Street
Lothian Road       North Bridge       Saint James Sq        Waverley Bridge       More Streets

 

MAPS:  Full index

 Outline Map of the British Isles © MAPS: Short Index with thumbnails

 

 

 

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