Construction Site at Greenside Place and Leith

Category

Library Item

Item no

4204

Title

Construction site at Greenside Place and Leith Street with John Lewis department stores opposite

Artist / maker

McGarry, Paul

Date

1994

Size

13.9 x 20.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Leith Street is a short street in Edinburgh which runs downhill from the east end of Princes Street towards Leith.

The Greenside area of Edinburgh, immediately to the west of Calton Hill, changed substantially during the second half of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st century. Tall, 19th century tenement buildings were demolished in the 1960's as part of Edinburgh's slum clearances. The Omni Centre, comprising a 12 screen cinema, hotel, bars, restaurants and a fitness centre was opened on the site in 2002.

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