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Corner block, Rose Street and Thistle Street
Thistle Street to the left, Rose Street to the right...
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 25 May 2013
0.02 miles
2
Ethnic paradise?
Rose Street must have about a dozen ethnic restaurants and carry-outs (take-aways). Here we see the Shahbaaz curry house and Marman's kebab house at street level and the Bhan Thai restaurant on the first floor. It must get a bit overpowering in the flats above...
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 25 May 2013
0.03 miles
3
518-520 Union Street, Aberdeen
Based on the number of buttons beside the central door, there are nine flats above the fast-food shops. A rare example of graffiti in Aberdeen can be seen on the wall to the right.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 16 Mar 2014
0.05 miles
4
496-502 Union Street, Aberdeen
A fine granite block at the very end of Union Street: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-47497-496-502-even-numbers-union-street- . The traffic lights guard the junction with Holburn Street.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 16 Mar 2014
0.05 miles
5
Granite cottages, Victoria Street, Aberdeen
Dating from about 1850, both little (see: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-20590-19-victoria-street-including-boundary-wal ) and big (see: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-20589-17-victoria-street-including-boundary-wal ) are C-listed.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 28 Apr 2013
0.06 miles
6
Alford Place Free Presbyterian Church
For the history of the sect, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Presbyterian_Church_of_Scotland . The building was originally the annex to Christ's College (Aberdeen Free Church theological college) across the road. B-listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-20087-2-alford-place-alford-place-church-former .
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 25 May 2013
0.06 miles
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West end of Union Street (I)
The block between Rose Street (left) and Chapel Street, with an extravagant five storey edifice in the centre. The cones and temporary traffic lights are to facilitate social distancing as the coronavirus lockdown is eased in July 2020.
Image: © Bill Harrison
Taken: 12 Jul 2020
0.06 miles
8
Aberdeen - Union Street
The west end of the "Granite Mile" by the former Majestic Cinema. The Stagecoach bus is on Route 5, from Westhill to the City Centre.
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 28 Jun 2024
0.06 miles
9
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
On Alford Place.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 27 Aug 2020
0.06 miles
10
Alford Place Church
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Aberdeen.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 27 Aug 2010
0.07 miles