Victoria Street, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

13662

Title

View down Victoria Street, Edinburgh, from Victoria Terrace

Description

There are commercial and residential buildings on either side of Victoria Street. Cars are parked along the road. Above the shops on one side of the road is Victoria Terrace a higher level pavement which gives access to tenement housing and the Central Quaker Meeting House.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Victoria Street and Terrace were constructed between 1829 and 1834 to link the Grassmarket to George IV Bridge, also built at this time. The street cut through the pre-existing West Bow, joining its lower section for the final descent to the Grassmarket and blocking through traffic to its upper section leading to the Lawnmarket.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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