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Scenic line drawing in brown and black ink, on tracing paper (29cm x 56cm) diagonally across Edinburgh's Bristo Square looking towards the University of Edinburgh buildings: MacEwan Hall and the Student's Union building at Teviot Place. The drawing is initialled ADML.

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Reprint of a double page article from Edinburgh University Bulletin No 6 entitled "Bristo Square" plans published for consultation. This article outlines the plans for the creation of Edinburgh's new square and includes architectural drawings of the proposals. An aerial photograph of the site before the commencement of the necessary road realignment is also included.

Scope and Contents 3 copy plans, on paper, (85cm x 115cm) showing the proposed road realignment of Lothian Street and Potterrow, in Edinburgh, to make way for the construction of Bristo Square. One plan shows the road alignment and associated banking and bridgework overlain on an Ordnance Survey 1:1250 plan. This also shows the electricity supply in the area overlaid. The other 2 plans are at 1:500 scale show different details of layout, measurements, street furniture etc. One of these plans is hand...

Scope and Contents Mixed collection of working drawings and plans (maximum dimension 86cm x 122cm) depicting the creation of Bristo Square in Edinburgh. There is a 3-dimensional pencil drawing, on tracing paper, of an oblique bird's eye view of the square and its adjacent buildings. 2 coloured (in thick felt-tip pen) paper stylised manuscript plans of the area. The first shows the proposed surface of the square, the second shows the site-lines around the area of the square. There are 2 sheets of small-scale...

Scope and Contents Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning consists of: minutes, reports and correspondence, (1964-1976) City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study - reports, (1971) collected reports concerning transportation planning in Edinburgh, (1963-1983) plans: Tollcross CDA development brief, (1970) scenic...

Scope and Contents Set of 4 copy plans at 1:1250 scale (95cm x 137cm) by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates showing building positions and road layout designs for the proposed comprehensive development of the University of Edinburgh campus. One is a sketch plan showing building location in relation to road requirements. Three are overlaid on Ordnance Survey 1:1250 plans of the area. Two of these have identical base plans but are hand-coloured, one to show primary and secondary distributor roads, the other...

Scope and Contents Preparation photographs for the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962) consists of: 4 small notebooks, entitled Side 1 to Side IV: Edinburgh - Photographs University Area , containing photographs and notes of the area around the University of Edinburgh, (c1961) miscellaneous aerial photographs and panoramas of...