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Edinburgh saw a surge of red sandstone buildings being erected towards the end of the nineteenth century - and most of them are still standing today.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Princes Street  Edinburgh Princes Street: Edinburgh's impressive Caledonian Hotel at the east end of Princes Street, looking very festive and nicely decorated on 23rd December 2017. I wonder how many people now realise that there was a very s ...  Edinburgh Princes Street: Rutland Street, Edinburgh, in 2006, looking east towards the Caledonian Hotel, with the junction of Princes Street and Lothian Road in the background. The former entrance to Princes Street station sti ...  Edinburgh Princes Street: Demolition well underway at Princes Street station - thought to have been photographed on 13 June 1970. |
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One of Scotland's premier hotels is said to be close to changing hands in an £85 million deal. 'Twenty14' Holdings is reported to be in talks about selling the 120-year-old Caledonian Waldorf Astoria at the west end of Princes Street, Edinburgh.
(Permalink) Caledonian Hotel Edinburgh Princes Street Edinburgh Princes Street: Edinburgh's impressive Caledonian Hotel at the east end of Princes Street, looking very festive and nicely decorated on 23rd December 2017. I wonder how many people now realise that there was a very s ...  Edinburgh Princes Street: On the south side of Rutland Street the former entrance to Edinburgh's Princes Street station still stands, complete with gates, in April 2009. The rear of the Caledonian Hotel still looks over the ar ... |
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In the age of steam, it was the gateway to Scotland's capital from the west, occupying a vast stretch of the city centre and welcoming countless numbers of rail travellers. The curtain call arrived on 9 September 1965 and the grand station was demolished within five years.
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One of the Edinburgh hotels named best in the UK has A-list guests all year round and is one of the grandest hotels in the city with a nights stay costing around £400.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Princes Street The Caledonian Hotel Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian Edinburgh Princes Street: Edinburgh's impressive Caledonian Hotel at the east end of Princes Street, looking very festive and nicely decorated on 23rd December 2017. I wonder how many people now realise that there was a very s ... |
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Rare photographs provide a fascinating glimpse of Edinburgh's vanished city centre railway terminal, Princes Street Station, prior to its demolition in the 1960s.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Princes Street  Edinburgh Princes Street: Black 5 44952 awaiting its departure time at Edinburgh's Princes Street station on 24 July 1964 with a train for Carstairs. |
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Many of Edinburgh's neighbourhoods used to have their own railway station, but as the need to rail travel decreased, most of them are now lying abandoned or remain only as memories
(Permalink) Abbeyhill Edinburgh Princes Street Granton Gas Works Leith Central Leith Citadel Morningside [Edinburgh] Newhaven  Leith Central: A gloomy Thursday lunchtime at the foot of Leith Walk in September 2006, with the old Leith Central station building looking abandoned and unwanted. Edinburgh Princes Street: On the south side of Rutland Street the former entrance to Edinburgh's Princes Street station still stands, complete with gates, in April 2009. The rear of the Caledonian Hotel still looks over the ar ...  Abbeyhill: The remains of Abbeyhill station on 12 Feb 2007 looking south towards Abbeyhill Jct and the ECML with Waverley off to the right. |
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