Market Street and Old Town

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

18445

Title

Market Street and Old Town

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1857

Size

15.3 x 24.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

Original caption: The City Chambers and part of the Old Town, with buildings in Market Street in the foreground.
The Waverley Market, designed by Robert Morham, was built in 1872 to house Edinburgh's fruit and vegetable market. However, due to other uses of the Waverley Market the sale of fruit and vegetables returned to Market Street. This indoor market was lit by huge skylights among the formal gardens on the roof. It was demolished in 1974 and replaced by Waverley shopping centre, later called Princes Mall.

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