Abstract / Description of output
The chapter explores the very early introduction of commercial activity in the first New Town, with the focus on Princes Street. It traces how domestic architecture was gradually modified for commercial purposes but also introduces new material showing how specialist commercial architecture was introduced at a surprisingly early date, including a very early arcade or shopping mall in the early 19th century,
The chapter culminates in a study of Princes Street in the first half of the 20th century and shows that the modernisation of the architecture, displayed in the Abercrombie Plan of 1949, so bemoaned by conservationists was, in fact, proposed in the pre-war period.
The chapter culminates in a study of Princes Street in the first half of the 20th century and shows that the modernisation of the architecture, displayed in the Abercrombie Plan of 1949, so bemoaned by conservationists was, in fact, proposed in the pre-war period.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The New Town of Edinburgh |
Subtitle of host publication | An Architectural Celebration |
Editors | Clarisse Godard Desmarest |
Publisher | John Donald |
Chapter | 8 |
Pages | 147-162 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781910900352 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Oct 2019 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- architecture history
- Urban History
- Scottish culture
- Scottish History
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John Lowrey
- Edinburgh College of Art - Senior Lecturer
- Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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