Greenside, showing pedestrian footbridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

4215

Title

Greenside, showing pedestrian footbridge

Description

A pedestrian footbridge crosses Leith Street. Further down the road is the area of Greenside recently cleared of tenements and Picardy Place, Leith and the River Forth are in the distance.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1988

Size

19.3 x 24.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Pedestrian bridges