General view of Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, taken from the north-west
DP 195101
Description General view of Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, taken from the north-west
Date 13/8/2014
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DP 195101
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The second oldest building on this part of Fountainbridge is the Telephone Exchange at No 116 Fountainbridge, seen here on the right. Following the truncation and infilling of the Union Canal to Lochrin Basin in c.1906, this site on the corner of the extended Gardner’s Crescent was left empty for many years. After World War II it was used for the construction of the Telephone Exchange, built 1948-52 and designed by architect Stewart Sim (1989-1988). Though clearly modernist in nature, it mimics the flat-faced regularity and four-storeyed height of the nearby tenements. On the left, is a large development of offices and flats, known as Citymark. Opened in 2003, this block sits on the site of a former confectionery and chocolate works operated by W & M Marwick (c.1893-1928/9) and subsequently McKay Brothers from c.1930 to 1991.
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