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Leith Walk, junction with London Road, Edinburgh
Unknown, 1960, Photograph
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Leith Walk, junction with London Road, Edinburgh
Leith Walk, junction with London Road, Edinburgh
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Item no
5079
Title
Leith Walk, junction with London Road, Edinburgh
Description
A view of a car turning across a wide cobbled junction where two roads intersect. Two rows of tenement buildings meet at the corner of the junction. There are pedestrians on the pavement on the far side of the road and tall street lights positioned all around the area.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1960
Size
11.6 x 16.1 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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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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