Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

4521

Title

Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh

Description

A view of a street corner showing tall tenement housing. At ground floor, short flights of stairs with handrails lead from the pavement to the doorways indicating a basement level below. The corner building is curved and there is a sign for "Wards Car Rentals" advertising a business premises from the lower storey. A person crosses the road at a traffic island and close to some parked vehicles.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1974

Size

9 x 12.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Leith Walk in Edinburgh is a notably wide street running from the west side of Calton Hill down to Great Junction Street in Leith. It follows the line of a raised pedestrian walkway which ran along the top of an earthen rampart constructed to defend the city against Cromwell's army in 1650. In 1776 this walkway and the road immediately to its west were combined as a single, modern road. This road, along with North Bridge and Leith Street, provided greatly improved access to Leith from Edinburgh.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Traffic signs and signals

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