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Plan showing the open spaces in the Old Town of Edinburgh, c 1985

 Item — Box: Box 4 of 9
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/23/9

Scope and Contents

A photographic print showing an image of the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee's Survey of Open Spaces in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Below the plan is seen a list of 75 existing and potential open spaces. The inscription in the top left hand corner records that on seven sites, gardens had been made already by the Outlook Tower Open Spaces Committee, 1909-1910. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/24.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1985

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Fonds:

English

French

Hebrew

Latin

Dutch

Flemish

Full Extent

1 photographic print ; 29.5 x 21 cms

Related Materials

Coll-1167/B/24; Coll-1167/B/26/23/9

Stock Check (2016-2020)

Located 2017

Previous reference

PSE/W/5; A2.146

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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