All of the street signs have long, long since been replaced with the metal variety, as in most cities around the world, but every now and then you see one of the more old-fashioned variety, simply painted onto a flat piece of rectangular stone on the corner of a building, slowly fading away, as with this one I noticed on a corner of Young Street.
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Edinburgh Castle, appropriately enough being viewed from Castle Street in the New Town!
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Zooming in on one of the markers that stand at either side of a pedestrian crossing - traditionally in the UK this style of crossing, with black and white lines across the road, is known as a Zebra crossing (because of those stripes on the road surface and the posts), while the globe on the top is illuminated, flashing periodically, and known as a Belisha Beacon (after Leslie Hore-Belisha, who was Minister for Transport when they were first brought in back in the 1930s).
I don't know why, I just had an urge to zoom in on most of the pole and beacon on top for a B&W close up.
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While most of the the New Town is filled with Georgian era architecture, there are some more modern elements (some of which really don't belong there!), although this one isn' too bad, as the modern glass and steel section is way up on top of the building, mostly out of the eyeline for most people passing by. I've never had drinks up there, but I imagine the views over the city (and towards the Castle) must be amazing.
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The extremely handsome Saint Stephen's at the bottom of Edinburgh's New Town, designed by the famous William Henry Playfair in the late 1820s, now home to performing spaces and arts school.
This striking church is all the more photogenic because of its location - as you walk downhill along a broad street, it is beautifully lined up with the road, visible all the way down, especially that impressive tower (which apparently holds one of the longest clock pendulums in Europe).
Just to the left of this is Circus Lane, a cobbled road of old Mews buildings (where the Georgian townhouses would have their stables in the old days - now converted to very expensive flats), which is one of the most photogenic streets in the New Town, another street to the left leads you into the Stockbridge area, and the Water of Leith, so all in all a great area to walk around and take pics. Directly across from the church, if all that walking leaves you tired, is the excellent Saint Vincent pub, for a nice rest and refresh!
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