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Vault Lights in Edinburgh

Areta — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:54:16 +0000

Vault lights are glass prisms set into sidewalks to let light into basements below. I first came across a vault light in Lviv, but I didn’t know what it was until I saw them in Edinburgh and Tallinn and started researching what they were. Hayward Brothers In Edinburgh, I found a […]

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Cisterns in the Old Town, Edinburgh

Areta — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:17:24 +0000

Starting in 1676, water from several springs near Edinburgh was piped into a reservoir at Castle Hill, from where it was conveyed to a total of 14 cisterns on High Street and the nearby area. In about 1820 these public wells went out of use with the introduction of additional […]

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Police Boxes in Edinburgh

Areta — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:21:40 +0000

British police boxes (telephone kiosks or callboxes used by the police or by the public to contact the police) first appeared in Glasgow in the 1891. Edinburgh’s rectangular boxes were designed c. 1937 by an architect inspired by the city’s neoclassical architecture. At their peak, 86 police boxes were in […]

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Edinburgh’s Ghost Signs

Areta — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:16:49 +0000

I expected to find more ghost signs in Scotland, but nevertheless I found some interesting ones in Edinburgh. I’m not sure about the dates of these – unlike in Ukraine, the language of the signage doesn’t help to date the sign. But by what is being advertized and font it seems like […]

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