Chambers Street

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Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, at south of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the 1867 Edinburgh Improvement Act, which gave permission for the street's construction.

[edit] Notable buildings

Buildings by date of completion:

• Old College, University of Edinburgh, 1791-1827 (Old College faces onto South Bridge, and predates the construction of Chambers Street; the facade to Chambers Street is noticeably flat for a building designed variously by Robert Adam and William Henry Playfair)
• Minto House, 1878, now the University of Edinburgh Department of Architecture
• Royal Museum, 1888
• Adam House, University of Edinburgh, 1953 (designed by William Kininmonth)
• Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 1995
• Museum of Scotland, 1998