Grassmarket area |
p2 - West
Port, Hunter's Close, Victoria Street. P1 or P3 or P4 or P5 or P6 or P7 or P8 or P9 or P10 or p11 |
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Port 4 1024 x 768 125K |
The West Port is the street which runs east from Bread Street down into the Grassmarket behind Edinburgh Castle. The topof the hill has become the home of pubs featuring rock music and strippers. |
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& Hare 576 x 768 86K |
The notice reads: "Ten gorgeous girls - Double Acts - All Stag Nights catered for - LapDancing by request". Photograph taken on a Nikon Coolpix 900 1.2Mpixel camera with 24mm equivalent lens. |
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Burke & Hare at twilight 1152 x 864 173K |
A similar view to the previous picture but photographed more recently with a Fuji Z1 5Mpixel camera at about 35mm equivalent focal length. Main Point is the name of the junction of High Riggs, East Fountainbridge, Bread Street, West Port and Lauriston Street. |
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Main Point 01 1152 x 766 218K |
A fisheye lens was used for this shot taken with a Pentax *ist DL digital camera. |
 | Hotel 558 x 768 57K |
Formerly St Cuthbert's Co-op department store, this building is now a hotel. |
 | Corner 1024 x 768 187K |
The corner of West Port and the tophalf of Lady Lawson Street has this ugly concrete edifice. |
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Port 6 1024 x 768 166K |
A worm's eye view from the corner above, looking the opposite way towards another ugly erection. It no longer seems to be occupied by civil servants, and is advertised for let. |
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Port 7 1024 x 768 193K |
A building at the bottom of the West Port. |
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Close 1024 x 768 106K |
Looking out of this close at the other (east) end of the Grassmarket. To the right of the white building, Victoria Street curves its way upthe hill to George IV Bridge and Victoria Terrace. |
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Hunter's Close 1280 x 851 330K |
Looking into Hunter's Close through the Pentax *ist fisheye lens. Photograph taken in March 2006. |
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Street 3 1024 x 768 181K |
Standing near the bottom of Victoria Street, looking uptowards Victoria Terrace. |
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