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Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
Unknown, 1974, Photograph
Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
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4521
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Haddington Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh
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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.
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Unknown
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1974
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9 x 12.7 cm
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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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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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