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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


/T: The Pleasance, Richmond Street, Salisbury Square


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Full reference codeColl-1167/1/T/8
TitleTop end of Salisbury Square
Original titleTop End of Salisbury Square
Datec1904-1910
CreatorSir Patrick Geddes
Scope and contentBy 1927 (the photograph was taken before 1911), Waldie's Dairy (no 12) had become McClelland; the shop to the left (i.e. the reader's left) (No 125) had become The Park Café; No 127 - a newsagent, and No 129 (Boot Repairing Shop) a confectioner. The continuation southwards (left) of these low buildings may be seen in Print Coll-1167/1/T/2 (mid-right).
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NoteOriginally described on the envelope as "Portman Sq." but crossed out. See 'Edinburgh Improvement Survey 1927'; St Leonards Section, Area L, Ref. 77-78; Pleasance 125, 127, 129, looking north (Edinburgh Room, City Library). See Coll-1167/1/T/9 which is behind and to the right of the photographer of this one.
Related itemsColl-1167/1/T/2 Coll-1167/1/T/9