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Grassmarket area

P9 - Cowgate, West Port, Solicitors Buildings, Guthrie Street
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or P2 or P3 or P4 or P5 or P6 or P7 or P8 or P10 or p11
Cowgate 26
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The view from the bottom of Blair Street on 19 March 2003. It used to look like this (p5) from further down to the right.
Cowgate 28
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This shot shows more of the devastation a few yards to the east.
Cowgate 29
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The lack of traffic enabled me to stand in the middle of the road and get this wide angled shot of George IV Bridge. Solicitors Buildings are framed by the arch.

Cowgate 37
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Directly under George IV Bridge are these green doors. Perhaps more bridge arches can be seen behind the doors...
(picture updated with better quality shot on Olympus E10 with wide angle adapter)
Cowgate 31
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Solicitors Buildings states the nameplate at the corner. Whether or not any solicitors do any soliciting therein is unclear.
Cowgate 33
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This is Stevenlaw's Close which runs parallel to Blair Street and connects the Cowgate to the High Street.
West Port 13
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An earlier shot of this appears on p2 of this section. The area's changed slightly since then but there's still bars with strippers and lapdancers.

Guthrie
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Connecting the Cowgate with Chambers Street is this short street with two right-angle bends. The steps provide a shortcut.

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