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Note that images from Coll-1167/B/26/12/7-10 can be placed together to form one panoramic view. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Waverley Station from West Signal Bridge. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Waverley Station from West Signal Bridge. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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For King's Rod read King's Stables Road. Handwritten title by R. Dykes. A print from this 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.

Scope and Contents Junction of George Street and Castle Street. The block on the right was demolished c. 1969. Sir Walter Scott's house, 39 Castle Street, is beyond this block, but not visible in the image. Dr. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) was the leader of the Free Church of Scotland at the Disruption (1843) and afterwards. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20. Handwritten...

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All of this area, excluding the Church and tenements on the left, has been redeveloped. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

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Compare the previous image Coll-1167/B/26/13/4. The foreground is now (1998) a car park. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

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All of this area has been redeveloped, but some of the tenements in the distant background were still standing in 1966. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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It appears that images Coll-1167/B/26/13/4-7 are included to show an area of light industry on the northern edge of the New Town. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

Scope and Contents Area Garden, St. Andrew's Square. The images in this section show how, in Geddes' estimation, dull basement areas may be improved by plants. This is not simply a statement of the obvious fact, it is a manifestation of an ecological and "green" culture, as a botanist and town planner. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See...