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City Chambers and High Street before west extension
Unknown, 1929, Photograph
City Chambers and High Street before west extension
City Chambers and High Street before west extension
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Item no
2840
Title
City Chambers and High Street before west extension
Description
The City Chambers and other buildings on the High Street in Edinburgh. Shops are on the ground level of tenement buildings. A man pushing a handcart passes parked cars and people walking on the cobblestone road.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1929
Size
16.3 x 11.7 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
City Chambers was designed by John Adam and built between 1753-61. It was intended as premises for a merchant exchange, but this was not entirely successful and the building was overtaken by Edinburgh's Council during the 19th century. The council instigated significant extensions to the building in the years around 1900. The building was constructed over several Old Town closes. One of these subterranean streets, Mary King's Close, is now open to the public.
The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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