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
/S: Crosscauseway
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| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/S/5 |
| Title | East Crosscauseway back of Nicolson Street |
| Original title | Causewayside back of Nicolson Street |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | The configuration of chimney stacks and visible formation of windows and stonework (the blackened stones below the right-hand chimney stack may still be seen in 1990), suggest that the tall building in the background is a still-existing (1990) tenement on the east side of St Patrick's Street; viewed from the south end of Cowan's Close. The buildings in the foreground have been demolished. Later in the 1990s, the east side of St Patrick's Street was at least partially rebuilt. |
| Author of original title | Robert Dykes |
| Negative number | Green Box 42 |
| Note | It is suggested that the tall building is the other side of that shown in Coll-1167/1/S/6. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/S/6 |