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East End of Princes Street
Chrystal, Francis M., 1907, Photograph
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Title
East End of Princes Street showing Register House, the top of Leith Street and Waterloo Place
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Chrystal, Francis M.
Date
1907
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12.9 x 21.0 cm
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Princes Street was originally to have been called St Giles Street after the patron saint of Edinburgh. However, King George III rejected the name and named it after his two eldest sons, Prince George, Duke of Rothesay (later King George IV) and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.
Originally all buildings had the same format: set back from the street with stairs down to a basement and stairs up to the ground floor with two storeys and an attic above. Of this original format only one such property remains in its original form. Through the 19th century most buildings were redeveloped at a larger scale and the street evolved from residential to mainly retail uses.
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