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Albert Square before renovation (above) is dominated by the McManus Galleries - formerly the Albert Institute, said to be the largest memorial to the husband of Queen Victoria outside London . As well as a statue of Queen Victoria, a copy of the Robert Burns statue in New York City's Central Park is also in Albert Square (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| "Robert Burns was born in Ayr, and now he sits in Albert Square . . . " . . . but only after first appearing in Central Park, New York City. (above left). The statue was a gift of Scottish-Americans to the City of New York. The Dundee Burns statue later acquired by Dundee is a half price copy of the one in Central Park and there are a further two near identical copies, one in Dunedin (right) and the other on the Thames Embankment in London. Sculpted: 1880 Sculptor: Sir John Steell 1804-1891. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Queen Victoria in 2006 is somewhat incongruously at the rear of the Institute. Or is this the front of the building? - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Queen Victoria and Albert Square in 2010 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| These gardens outside the McManus Galleries (formerly the Albert Institute) have now been replaced (see below) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Meadowside 2006 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Meadowside and High School of Dundee - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| High School of Dundee PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The High School of Dundee is not the only one: there is another High School of Dundee - in Dundee in the Republic of South Africa. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| School pupils in the playground provide a source interest for passengers waiting in the ultra-modern "intelligent" bus shelters which are the latest addition to Albert Square. Both continuously updated visual and audio information is available to passengers. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Albert Institute (left) was renamed the McManus Galleries, but Victoria's statue still overlooks the Royal Exchange Building and the Chamber of Commerce (right). PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Only taxies can now enter Meadowside to the south of the Galleries. What at one time was the National and Commercial Bank of Scotland at the top of Reform Street (left) is now a public house. The Chicago-like edifice of D C Thomson (right) dominates Ward Road. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Meadowside and Albert Square, May 2010 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Once the Albert Institute, now the MacManus Galleries (left) Chamber of Commerce (right) PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Meadowside before the replacement of the gardens - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| McManus Gardens, as were, in Meadowside - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Albert Institute, now still after restoration, the MacManus Galleries taken on Sunday 30 May 2010 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Trees, shrubs and flagstones have replaced the flowerbeds on the north side the south side has been pedestrianised - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Early morning in Ward Road (above); Meadowside and the Courier Building in June 2009 before renovation (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| D C Thomson Courier Building - home to Desperate Dan (D C Thomson publish, among other things, the Dandy and Beano comics) PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Travel Dundee bus awaits departure from Albert Square to Kirkton (left). D C Thomson building from the Howff (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Dundee's city centre burial ground donated by Mary, Queen of Scots. The gravestone above is dated 1820 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Friarton House (former headquarters of Dundee Corporation Transport) with Ward Road Library to the right of the photograph (left). Note the arcaded wall of the cemetery. The backs of the Bank Street buildings form the southern boundary of the Howff (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Spring in the Howff - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Ward Road (above) and Dundee Chamber of Commerce (right) PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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On some Saturdays, Reform Street (above) acquires a Farmers' Market - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| High Street (left); City Chambers (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Princes Street (left) and East Marketgait/King Street crossroads (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| King Street flowers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| King Street and Cowgate - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
