Princes Street from the East (c1920)

Category

Library Item

Item no

21175

Title

Princes Street from the East (c1920)

Description

A tram travels down Princes Street past the landscaped garden above Waverley Market. There is a horse and cart heading eastwards and many people walking on either side of the street. The tower of the Scott Monument stands at the edge of Princes Street Gardens. In the distance are the tall tenements of Edinburgh's Old Town, and Edinburgh Castle on its rocky summit.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1920

Size

14.9 x 20.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

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