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Dave Henniker The Bridges area - page 2
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North
Bridge 04 1152 x 864 215K |
Looking up at the south end of North Bridge. The Carlton Hotel towers overhead. The Scotsman Hotel faces it across the road. Down below East Market Street an advertising hoarding exhorts travelers to 'hang out with Homer' on Sky TV. |
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North
Bridge 05 1152 x 864 166K |
From further away with a longer focal length. An Edinburgh Vintage Bus carries visitors over North Bridge. Through the arch can be seen a fluttering Saltire and part of the castle. |
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North
Bridge 06 1152 x 864 219K |
The third shot in this group is photographed from higher up on East Market Street. This is likely to be more obvious when the image is viewed full size. |
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Carrubber's
Close 1152 x 864 232K |
This close leads up from Jeffrey Street to the High Street just below the Tron crossroads. |
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North
Bridge 800 x 600 122K |
Photographed back in the 1970s. The Carlton Hotel is left of the bridge's south end, and the Scotsman Building is at the other side. Down below, in Market Street, newsprint is being delivered. |
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North
Bridge 2002 1024 x 768 174K |
Nearly 30 years later than the previous picture - the Scotsman Building is now a hotel. Men are working on the glass roof of the Waverley Station. |
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North
Bridge and Balmoral Hotel 1152 x 864 219K |
Photographed from East Market Street. North Bridge carries a double-decker bus from the east end of Princes Street over the top of Waverley Station towards the Royal Mile and South Bridge. The Balmoral Hotel was formerly known as the North British Hotel. |
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Chambers
St Museum 515 x 768 103K |
Another early photograph. Classic Victorian architecture. Edinburgh's Chambers Street Museum still looks much like this in 2003. (I like the new building too.) |
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Museum
Main Hall 01 1280 x 829 319K |
Another view taken about 30 years later from the ground floor at the opposite end of the hall. Fisheye lens on Pentax *ist digital camera. |
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Snoozer 731 x 568 61K |
In the 1970s, the museum was somewhere free and warm to sit in, to read the paper or fall asleep. I particularly like the cylindrical radiator around the pillar. |
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Museum
Roof WA 1280 x 831 165K |
A wide-angle view of the roof area. The Tower Restaurant is through the door at the end. A sign points to the lift to the Roof Terrace which gives panoramic views of the Edinburgh skyline. |
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...to the roof terrace of the National Museum. This is one of several spiral staircases. | |
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An ultrawide view from the northwest corner of the roof terrace facing southeast. | |
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Some shots of the interesting stairways in the newer part of the museum. The low set lights cast a golden glow on the steps. | |
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Further down the steps to the next section and daylight through the windows casts a different hue. | |
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Reassuringly, in case you get lost in the labyrinth, a sign indicates the Way out, albeit rotated anticlockwise by 90 degrees. | |
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Reminiscent of DNA, this organic-looking spiral staircase takes you up or down the innards of the building. It's a wonderful setting for fascinating exhibits. More info from The List | |
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A black sign says 'Way out Hawthornden Court' and a purple sign says 'Hawthornden Stair'. This picture is a variation of museum stair 02 above with the signs correctly orientated for legibility. | |
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Outsize chess set in the museum June 2010. | |
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A closer look at the white chess pieces. | |
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It was a cool place to visit when I was a child. It's even more cool now. | |
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The building itself is fascinating to explore. The architecture is intriguing as are the countless exhibits. There are interesting lifts (elevators) as well as stairs. Do allow plenty of time to wander. | |
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A view of a passageway and the entrance to the Buchan Stair. |
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