West Princes Street Gardens, Shelters

Category

Library Item

Item no

41149

Title

West Princes Street Gardens, Shelters

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2016

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

These shelters were built in 1950. This series of three low south-facing shelters on a terrace, built into the slope of Princes Street are a prominent feature in the extensive urban gardens. The shelters are constructed in reinforced concrete, brick and ashlar with timber bars to unglazed windows and are representative of the post-war modernisation of one of Scotland's most prominent public spaces.

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