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The City Speaks

 

Aerated Waters

Marchmont, Edinburgh

 

 

P e r s e v e r

P e r s e v e r e 

P e r s e v e r

P e r s e v e r e

Marchmont, Edinburgh

 

 

 

Not so Chic

West End, Edinburgh

 

 

‘Zona AntiFascista’

Patrick Geddes Steps, Old Town, Edinburgh

 

 

‘Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio’

Newington, Edinburgh

 

 

ARE

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JELLI

Cowgate, Edinburgh

 

 

When the inside becomes the outside

New Town, Edinburgh*

 

(*Intrigued by this one. You can still see plenty of bricked up window spaces in Edinburgh New Town, often attributed to window taxes imposed in the 1700s, although see comment from Calum Storie below. This one looks like a cast has been taken, delineating the fan light and window frames. The inside reversed to the outside. Shades of Rachel Whiteread?)

Now playing: Jon Hassell – City: Works of Fiction

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To dwell means to leave traces

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Very small ghost sign on doorway entrance, St Leonard’s Street, Southside, Edinburgh.

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“To dwell means to leave traces”.

Walter Benjamin

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On the front elevation of the same building. Traces of the old bell pulls.

Now playing: Polwechsel & John Tilbury – ‘Place/Replace/Represent’ from Field.

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Ephemera – Dunfermline Linen Co.

Restored Ghost Sign, New Row, Dunfermline
Restored Ghost Sign, New Row, Dunfermline

Restored ghost sign in New Row Dunfermline. Does this now make it a sign haunted by a ghost sign?

Now Playing: Triosk – Moment Returns