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Skene Street
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This image was digitised from <i> Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book </i> (1932) by W. S. Percy. The book describes the scene as follows: "Skene Street. This drawing picks out some of the more picturesque houses in the thoroughfare that goes westward from Rosemount Viaduct towards Queen's Cross. Before that point is reached, however, the name has been changed to Carden Place. The name of Skene, it is supposed, was given to the street because it is one of the principal exits from the city leading to the district of Skene, some dozen miles beyond Aberdeen. The buildings beyond the railings on the right have long been known as "The Galleries," another Aberdeen puzzle in nomenclature, for which ingenious solutions have been offered." This sketch appears to depict a part of Skene Street that is now much changed. Looking east, these dwellings are likely those that were on the south side of road between Chapel Street and Whitehouse Street. These houses were demolished and the land developed into a 20th century residential estate including green space and trees.
This image was digitised from
Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book
(1932) by W. S. Percy.
The book describes the scene as follows:
"Skene Street. This drawing picks out some of the more picturesque houses in the thoroughfare that goes westward from Rosemount Viaduct towards Queen's Cross. Before that point is reached, however, the name has been changed to Carden Place. The name of Skene, it is supposed, was given to the street because it is one of the principal exits from the city leading to the district of Skene, some dozen miles beyond Aberdeen. The buildings beyond the railings on the right have long been known as "The Galleries," another Aberdeen puzzle in nomenclature, for which ingenious solutions have been offered."
This sketch appears to depict a part of Skene Street that is now much changed. Looking east, these dwellings are likely those that were on the south side of road between Chapel Street and Whitehouse Street. These houses were demolished and the land developed into a 20th century residential estate including green space and trees.
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AW01_13
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W. S. Percy
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Aberdeen Local Studies
Aberdeen Local Studies
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