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
/Q: Bristo
/2
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/Q/2 |
| Title | Bristo Street |
| Original title | Bristo Street |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | This photograph has been taken looking north from the north end of Charles Street into Bristo Place (with buildings on both sides, still standing 1989)and to Outlook Tower beyond (very faint). The McEwan Hall and Teviot Place are on the left. The old buildings were demolished for University development c1960-70, and for the building of the new main road (Potterrow). The west side of this section of the street must have been demolished when the McEwan Hall was built. Site of Park Street. This part is the site of "Bristo Square" between McEwan Hall and the Student Centre. |
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| Negative number | Green Box 139 |
| Note | Prints Coll-1167/1/Q/2 to Coll-1167/1/Q/5 form an almost continuous sequence showing the east side of Bristo Street. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/Q/2 Coll-1167/1/Q/5 |