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Broughton St pictures added for Murray Lowndes of Brisbane, Australia and Dick McWilliams (USA) who used to live near here. This area has become known as the Pink Triangle.
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Looking north down the street from its junction with York Place / Picardy Place. Forth Street is on the right, just past Real Foods. Fife is visible in the far distance, behind the Firth of Forth. 
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The corners of York Lane and Albany Street can be seen here. 
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Down at the roundabout at the junction with London Street (on the right) and East London Street (on the left). A wide angle shot showing the flowerbed in Mansfield Place in the foreground, and Leith Street in the distance.
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Zoomed in here to show more detail of Broughton Street. The sky is dominated by the cranes towering over Leith Street where new buildings are being erected between the John Lewis store and Calton Hill.
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The new development as seen on 19 July '01. It's only a metal frame at this point in time. Part of the John Lewis store is visible on the left.
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A head-on view of the structure as seen from the footbridge over Leith Street.
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As seen on 4th October 2001 with plastic sheeting covering the entire structure.
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Near the top of the very steep cobbled street called Calton Hill is this restaurant called MPs. I don't know if it's actually frequented by Members of Parliament.

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