Pigeons on Boarded up Flats at Niddrie Mains Drive

Category

Library Item

Item no

11787

Title

Pigeons on boarded up flats, Niddrie Mains Drive, Edinburgh

Description

Council houses in the process of demolition at Niddrie Mains Drive, Edinburgh. The windows are all boarded up and the end of the building has already been demolished. Flocks of pigeons have landed on the roof and are circling above them.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Size

19.7 x 26.4 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The area of Niddrie appears in records from the twelfth century onwards. It was an estate belonging to the Wauchopes of Niddrie. Niddrie Mains Drive was created in 1931 as part of a council housing development.

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Animals > Birds > Pigeons

Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Places > Edinburgh areas > Craigmillar

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°56′5″N, 3°7′29″W)

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Pigeons on boarded up flats at Niddrie Mains Drive