South Side page 12

Doors Open Day 2009

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	Reid Concert Hall 2 684 x 1024 155K	Built in 1859 by Professor John Donaldson with funds bequeathed by Reid, this building was once a state-of-the-art teaching facility. The auditorium, the Music Classroom, continues to be used as a lecture theatre and is also used for public concerts, with the organ being the finest of its kind in Britain. The museum was part of Donaldson’s original plan and is now the earliest surviving purpose built musical museum in the world – containing the largest collection of historical musical instruments in Scotland.
	Torchwood Industries 1062 x 1024 254K	One of the main purposes of Torchwood is to assess the potential application of alien technology for humanity's use, and this was Toshiko's job. She also has a keen understanding of practical physics, which makes her useful as a field agent for selling tasty food.
	Crichton St 1280 x 854 275K	The atrium of the new Informatics building September 2009.
	Potterrow 28 1280 x 869 316K	Previous pages have documented some of the transient artwork which adorns this site. Thankfully it's not all just illegible, stylised text - some actual pictures do appear periodically.
	Potterrow 29 1280 x 745 421K	The skull is obviously a 'girlie' skull, if the current female trend of a preoccupation with pink prevails.
	Old College 6 1280 x 854 334K	Now restored to its proper use as a quadrangle instead of just a car park.
	Old College 7 1280 x 917 278K	Historical portraits on the stairwell's walls.
	Old College 8 993 x 1024 161K	Looking up the stairway to the high ceiling.
	Playfair Library0 1280 x 854 302K	The south side of Old College contains the Playfair Library.
	Playfair Library1 728 x 1050 201K	Playfair Library Hall, where eleven bays of books support a coffered vaulted ceiling and one of Edinburgh’s grandest interiors. (A previous visit in 2003 obtained some pictures on page 8.)
	Playfair Library2 1280 x 862 223K	It's just gone noon and sunshine streams in the south facing windows from South College Street, backlighting the busts in the book bays.

South Side continued

	Potterrow 32 1280 x 761 427K	"Your entire social life in a single stream" is neatly stencilled on the sloping wall at Potterrow.
	Gifford Park 1061 x 1080 244K	Personal connections with this area are: My one-time workplace Ross Television overlooked this spot, also the street on the right (Gifford Park) is my preferred route if inline skating from Melville Drive to the Innocent Railway Tunnel. There's pedestrian access to Clerk Street opposite Rankeillor Street at the top of the cul-de-sac.
	Potterrow 34 1280 x 773 336K	An update on the graffiti at Potterrow which is changing all the time.
	Potterrow 35 1280 x 737 346K	The witch is holding a crystal ball which says Witch One.
	Potterrow 36 1280 x 720 255K	At the southern end of the wall the art ends with the statement "David Bowie hates you!".
	Potterrow 37 1280 x 989 476K	This was the only pictorial graffiti on 16th March 2011. All the rest were the usual stylised text.

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