Coll-1167: Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies
The Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh are part of a larger collection formerly held within the Outlook Tower on Castlehill. The collection as whole was catalogued while still at the Outlook Tower, this catalogue published as a 2-volume set Catalogue of the archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, the second volume focussed solely on the Edinburgh Survey photographs. It is this volume which has now been revisited, its contents keyed, with minor alterations, into a database, accessible below.
It is hoped to address the rest of the collection in due course. Meanwwhile a full digital copy of the first volume is available in pdf format (9MB file)
/1: Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh
/D: From the High Street to the Cowgate
/5
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/D/5 |
| Title | Tron Square |
| Original title | Tron Square II |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | South part of Tron Square. Tron Square consists of two rectangular courts, each with buildings on three sides and the south side open. The North part, which is the first part to be approached from the High Street via Old Assembly Close, is at a higher elevation, so that the flats in it overlook the backs of those in the South part, which in turn has now a view across the Cowgate to the tall buildings in Guthrie Street and Chambers Street beyond. The whole complex (built 1899) has been renovated in fairly recent years. This photograph, and Coll-1167/1/D/4, were both taken, looking towards the North, when the buildings were comparatively new. |
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| Negative number | Box 5, 11 |
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| Related items | Coll-1167/1/D/4 |