Dumbiedykes Road, Site of New Flats

Category

Library Item

Item no

17286

Title

Dumbiedykes Road, site of new flats

Description

A dress blows in the wind on a drying green at Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh. Metal rails and washing poles cover the green. In front of the gardens a demolition site is surrounded by metal corrugated iron fencing. Behind it a crane overlooks the building site, behind which are huge round towers and a factory chimney.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

85 x 122cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing equipment > Cranes

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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