Maule's Corner after Rain, Edinburgh (1925), by Robert Easton Stuart.
Maule's department store (the large, lit building on the right) was later known as Binn's and is now House of Fraser, the woman in the foreground is approaching the Caledonian Hotel, but that part of Princes Street between it and the entrance to Charlotte Square opposite (in which you can see the dome of West Register House, then St. George's Church) has been much altered due to the city's ongoing and highly controversial tram works.
Ah Binn's and it's famous clock for meeting your sweatheart under (if only ...) I'm so sad at what has happened to Princess St in my lifetime, the recent tram nonsense is the least of it! The rain continues to fall on my poor fur too, miaooowwww.
Posted by: Dark Puss | 12 July 2012 at 09:43 PM
Yes, Binn's was the place to meet everyone!
You're right about Princes Street, which is pretty ghastly, even without the tram fiasco. On a brighter note, we did have a brief sunny spell this morning.
Posted by: Cornflower | 12 July 2012 at 09:48 PM
Funny how I changed the sex of the street! One track minded cat ;-)
Posted by: Dark Puss | 12 July 2012 at 10:00 PM
You're not the only one: Edinburgh Council commissioned a new sign for Princes Street Gardens, took delivery of it and had their workmen erect it a few days ago. It took members of the public to notice that it read "Princess St."
Posted by: Cornflower | 12 July 2012 at 10:08 PM
Hehe!
Posted by: Dark Puss | 12 July 2012 at 10:15 PM
I keep my memories of Princes Street locked safe in my heart. Last time was in the early 1980s and having seen what acid rain was doing to the countryside my husband and I said "Never again"
Posted by: Erika | 12 July 2012 at 10:44 PM
We had so much rain here last week that Princes Street Gardens was flooded, the Nor'Loch (which was drained in the mid 18th. century to create the garden area) re-forming!
Posted by: Cornflower | 13 July 2012 at 11:10 AM
I sympathize re the rain. In my part of the world we are having a heat wave! I shouldn't complain as it will be winter soon enough. But it is disconcerting to be woken up two nights in a row, at 2am, with the flashes of lightening and the heavy rolls of thunder.
Posted by: Anji | 13 July 2012 at 07:49 PM