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West End of Princes Street & Royal Bank of Scotland
Chrystal, Francis M., 1935, Photograph
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28496
Title
West End of Princes Street & Royal Bank of Scotland, Hope Street
Artist / maker
Chrystal, Francis M.
Date
1935
Size
15.8 x 20.9 cm
Type
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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