Leith - 18 Newhaven / Leith Street |
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"Do not be afraid" advises the writing on the wall. Traders in this district are most afraid of the forthcoming trams and the impact that the roadworks has on their businesses. | |
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Demolition proceeds across the road at Shrubhill. The building with the chimney is at Dryden Street 250 metres north west of Leith Walk. | |
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The factory building has gone but its wall remains, no doubt at much relief to the occupants of the houses beyond at Shaw's Terrace, Street and Place. | |
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Zoomed in for a closer look at the brickwork. Photographed September 2008. | |
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Leith, though adjacent to Edinburgh and technically part of it, has a character all of its own. Some of it reminds me of Glasgow but part of the area seems to have a thing about stone pillars. | |
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Further up Haddington Place showing some of the shops. | |
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McNaughtan's Bookshop has been here for a while. | |
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It's suprising how many basements and sub-basements Edinburgh tenements have. This attractive building was renovated (new stonework is lighter in colour) and looks splendid overlooking Leith Walk. | |
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The roadworks in preparation for the trams' arrival inevitably causes traffic delays and lack of access, causing many businesses to suffer as shoppers go elsewhere. | |
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Calton Hill (the street, not the hill) is closed to all traffic except for pedestrians. This narrow passageway is all the access available whilst construction of The Cube goes ahead. The previous footbridge across Leith Street from the St James Centre allowed people to walk across to Calton Hill without having to descend stairs then climb again. | |
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The same narrow passageway seen from the other side of Leith Street. | |
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Looking down through the bendy bridge. The sign provides an artist's impression and the text invites us to visit http://www.thecubeedinburgh.co.uk/ where there are computer graphics giving various views and a walk-through. | |
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Despite the cube-shaped hole in the ground The Cube seems big enough to obliterate the view of and from the old house pictured at top left of this image. The CGI images from the website are somewhat coy about this old house. | |
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This shows the measures taken to prop up the street, perching, as it now does, on top of a cliff cut into the crumbling rock. | |
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Reinforced concrete slabs prop up this part of Calton Hill. | |
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Zoomed in for a closer look. Wire mesh is fastened to the rock face to support any crumbling lumps which might otherwise fall down. | |
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Near the bottom of Leith Walk, looking towards Edinburgh City Centre. A railway bridge once crossed the street overhead. At the beginning of the 20th century it was possible to travel from Leith Central Station to Morningside Station in a fraction of the time it takes 100 years later. The infrastructure changes necessary for the trams are creating havoc in 2008. | |
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Another view of excavations further up Leith Walk. |
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