Tollcross - Fountainbridge area page 7

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	Fountainbridge 0905 e 1152 x 864 200K	This magnificent stone carving of a bull's head has been restored to its former glory and relocated about 100m west.
	Fountainbridge 0905 f 1280 x 894 191K	At the top of the twin arches is the carved text 1884. EDINBURGH MEAT MARKET.
	Fountainbridge 0905 j 1280 x 815 231K	An overview of the work in progress in May 2009. To see it as it was scroll down the page.
	Fountainbridge 0908d 1280 x 854 243K	Three months later...
	Semple 04 1280 x 848 201K	Just off Fountainbridge in Semple Street. More metal and glass buildings, albeit with some stone cladding. The south end of Gardner's Crescent is at the far end of the passageway.
	Fountainbridge Palais 1280 x 854 261K	The once glorious Palais de Danse.
	Fountainbridge 0905 h 1209 x 1050 239K	This metal and glass structure proudly boasts: BEST SPECULATIVE BUILDING OUTSIDE CENTRAL LONDON and was the WINNER of The Office Development Awards 08. Some might take issue with the idea of a speculative building being good, never mind best.
	Fountainbridge 0905 k 737 x 1024 312K	They ripped this building down and rebuilt it in a different way. This used to be a spiral stairway but now the windows are level with each other. To see how it used to look see Fountainbridge page 2.
	Rosemount Buildings 7 754 x 1027 271K	As seen through the fisheye lens. Looking north towards Rosebank Cottages and Morrison Street. Fountainbridge page 6 has a view of this building from Grove Street.
	West Tollcross 1280 x 854 272K	Looking along Thornybauk towards the fire station. To its left, Ponton Street leads to Fountainbridge at Semple Street.
The next two are copied from Tollcross - Fountainbridge area page 1 and show the stone work as it used to be in its former location.
	Fat Sam's 1024 x 768 166K	Originally Edinburgh Meat Market 1884, now an Italian restaurant, this building is on the corner of Fountainbridge and Semple Street. In this picture the restaurant is still open for business...
	Meat Market 1152 x 864 196K	"1884 EDINBURGH MEAT MARKET " is proudly emblazoned on this building at the corner of Semple Street and Fountainbridge. In recent years it's been a nightclub and a restaurant. In the former, patrons visited to meet the meat; in the latter, patrons ate the meat at Fat Sams. The building behind is Scottish Widows Headquarters.
	Fountainbridge 0906 1280 x 854 346K	At the corner of Grove Street stands this interesting stone tenement building. Just about everything around it is comparatively new, or vacant pending redevelopment.
	Meatmarket 1 1280 x 748 254K	The renovation and relocation are completed. September 2009.
	Meatmarket 2 plaque Historical Information 712 x 1024 393K	There are lots of fascinating facts here, easily readable if you stand on this spot (the plaque is in the pavement). Alternatively, just click on the thumbnail or the text link.
	Motorbike Hearse 1280 x 843 222K	Here's a bizarre oddity, a scale model of a motorbike with a sidecar hearse, on show in Scotmid's window in Fountainbridge.

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