North side of Calton Hill Street

Category

Library Item

Item no

18151

Title

North side of Calton Hill Street, Edinburgh

Description

A view looking up a street towards tenement housing. The buildings are of different heights and have large tall chimney stacks. Laundry is strung above the low flat roof on the left. There is a wall and railings following the curve of the road between the pavement and the buildings.

Artist / maker

Smith, John

Date

1927

Size

7 x 11.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This is a photograph from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh'. The Greenside area of Edinburgh, immediately to the west of Calton Hill, changed substantially during the second half of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st century. Tall, 19th century tenement buildings were demolished in the 1960's as part of Edinburgh's slum clearances. The Omni Centre, comprising a 12 screen cinema, hotel, bars, restaurants and a fitness centre was opened on the site in 2002.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Furnishings > Equipment > Laundry

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton Hill

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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