Construction Site at Greenside Place

Category

Library Item

Item no

4203

Title

Construction site at Greenside Place and Leith Street with Picardy Place in background

Description

Next to the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre foundations and the lower floors of buildings are under construction. Men work on the site. Near to the site lorries and vans are parked. The tops of buses and the buildings of Picardy Place can be seen above the wooden fence separating the construction site from the traffic of Leith Walk.

Artist / maker

McGarry, Paul

Date

1994

Size

13.4 x 20.1 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Leith Street is a short street in Edinburgh which runs downhill from the east end of Princes Street towards Leith.

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.

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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Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Construction sites

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Vans

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