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Proposed City Hall site, High St and St Giles St
Unknown, 1898, Document, Map
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Proposed City Hall site, High St and St Giles St
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30260
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Proposed City Hall (Usher Hall) site, High Street and St Giles Street
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Unknown
Date
1898
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22.0 x 17.0 cm
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Document
; Map
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This was site 1 of 5 proposed sites for the new City Hall, in the official report, by the Town Clerk, Thomas Hunter, and the City Architect, Robert Morham, 'on the proposed sites for the New City Hall to be erected under Mr. Usher's Gift'. Note, the actual Lothian Road site is not included in this report on 'Five Suggested Sites', dated 30th September 1898.
This site would encompass the area between Warriston Close on the east and St. Giles Street on the west. It would have a frontage to the High Street of 250 feet and to St. Giles Street of 212 feet, and cover an area of 6000 square yards.
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