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Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 12:58
by wangi
- Soviet map of Portobello, 1983
- soviet-map-of-portobello-small.jpg (208.22 KiB) Viewed 3190 times
- Soviet map of Portobello, zoomed in
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Re: Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 15:56
by Bob Jefferson
Hmm, interesting. What's the story with these?
Re: Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 16:09
by Makaveli
Re: Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 16:24
by wangi
Although article is a bit of the mark - scans of these have been kicking around a fair while...
Here's a nice sample of central Edinburgh:
http://www.envirocheck.co.uk/envirochec ... nburgh.pdf
http://www.sovietmaps.com/examples
Re: Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 16:27
by wangi
And if you want the Portobello one above in more detail; see here:
http://talkporty.org/hosted/soviet-map- ... obello.jpg (1.3 MB)
Re: Soviet map of Portobello
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 16:28
by Bob Jefferson
Thanks. My russian isn't very good, but I'm pretty sure that the text over Portobello Park translates as 'limited amenity value'.
