Two old ladies in the Vennel, Grassmarket., Edinburgh c1890
Old Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a truly wonderful city, not least for the constant sense of history you get walking its streets. The Old Town, built over a hill, still holds its medieval street plan of alleys and twisting streets, towered over by 17th and 18th century tenement buildings, spotted with medieval churches and overlooked by a sprawling castle. Across a stretch of gardens the planned New Town is an evocation of both Georgian architecture and Georgian ideals of progress. If you're ever fortunate…
The old Mercat Cross well, Edella
Old Edinburgh - Very busy princes Street
East end of Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1859.
Talk to Old Edinbrgh Club - History of Photography in Scotland - 13 November 2013
Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh
Edinburgh: corner of Society (beside the top of Chambers Street) around 1859
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The Grassmarket, Edinburgh, photographed in the 1860's
Old photograph of Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
The original Black Bull Inn, Grassmarket Edinburgh 1890
View from Edinburgh Central Library, 1953
The 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival launched with the UK premiere of Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, adapted from an unproduced Jacques Tati script. Chomet has created an astonishing, magical love letter to Edinburgh after moving here in 2004. The staggering, hand-drawn animation, a world away from recent flash-bang 3D extravaganzas evokes the city in the late 50's. The effort and care demonstrated by Chomet and his team of extraordinary animators truly brings the city to life…
Old photograph of George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland