Author: Liz Hanson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635186
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A wonderful collection of rare and previously unpublished images of Edinburgh a century ago, presented in full colour.
Lost Edinburgh in Colour
Author: Liz Hanson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635186
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A wonderful collection of rare and previously unpublished images of Edinburgh a century ago, presented in full colour.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635186
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A wonderful collection of rare and previously unpublished images of Edinburgh a century ago, presented in full colour.
Lost Edinburgh
Author: Liz Hanson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445687496
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Fully illustrated exploration of Edinburgh's well-known and lesser-known places and buildings that have been lost over the years.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445687496
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Fully illustrated exploration of Edinburgh's well-known and lesser-known places and buildings that have been lost over the years.
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club
Author: Old Edinburgh Club
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Volumes for include Reports of the annual meetings.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Volumes for include Reports of the annual meetings.
Lost Edinburgh
Author: Hamish Coghill
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 0857906240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
An exploration of the stories behind the many buildings lost to history in Scotland’s capital city. What happened to Edinburgh’s once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer’s major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh’s mean beginnings—“wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds,” visiting French knights complained in 1341—it went on to attract some of the world’s greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away in the “improvements” of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers’ swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town, Georgian Squares were attacked, Princes Street ruined, old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives, and once familiar and much-loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry, social habits, health service, housing, and road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings that stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative book, author Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings and find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated, Lost Edinburgh is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 0857906240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
An exploration of the stories behind the many buildings lost to history in Scotland’s capital city. What happened to Edinburgh’s once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer’s major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh’s mean beginnings—“wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds,” visiting French knights complained in 1341—it went on to attract some of the world’s greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away in the “improvements” of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers’ swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town, Georgian Squares were attacked, Princes Street ruined, old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives, and once familiar and much-loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry, social habits, health service, housing, and road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings that stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative book, author Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings and find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated, Lost Edinburgh is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape.
Old Edinburgh Beaux & Belles
Author: David Morison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Old Edinburgh
Author: Frederick William Watkeys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Lost Edinburgh
Author: Hamish Coghill
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857906240
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings - 'wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds', visiting French knights complained in 1341 - it went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away in the 'improvements' of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers' swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town, Georgian Squares were attacked, Princes Street ruined, old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives, and once familiar and much loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry, social habits, health service, housing and road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings which stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative and stimulating book. Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings and find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated, Lost Edinburgh is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857906240
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
What happened to Edinburgh's once notorious but picturesque Tolbooth Prison? Where was the Black Turnpike, once a dominant building in the town? Why has one of the New Town designer's major layouts been all but obliterated? What else has been lost in Edinburgh? From Edinburgh's mean beginnings - 'wretched accommodation, no comfortable houses, no soft beds', visiting French knights complained in 1341 - it went on to attract some of the world's greatest architects to design and build and shape a unique city. But over the centuries many of those fine buildings have gone. Some were destroyed by invasion and civil strife, some simply collapsed with old age and neglect, and others were swept away in the 'improvements' of the nineteenth century. Yet more fell to the developers' swathe of destruction in the twentieth century. Much of the medieval architecture vanished in the Old Town, Georgian Squares were attacked, Princes Street ruined, old tenements razed in huge slum clearance drives, and once familiar and much loved buildings vanished. The changing pattern of industry, social habits, health service, housing and road systems all took their toll; not even the city wall was immune. The buildings which stood in the way of what was deemed progress are the heritage of Lost Edinburgh. In this informative and stimulating book. Hamish Coghill sets out to trace many of the lost buildings and find out why they were doomed. Lavishly illustrated, Lost Edinburgh is a fascinating insight into an ever-changing cityscape.
The Book of Old Edinburgh
Author: John Charles Dunlop
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh
Author: Sir Daniel Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
New Lights on Old Edinburgh
Author: John Reid
Publisher: Edinburgh, David Douglas
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: Edinburgh, David Douglas
ISBN:
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description