Lothian Road is a key thoroughfare in the centre of Edinburgh and it has seen a rich variety of activities over the years – from protest marches to celebrations and performances –as well as all that has gone on in key buildings along the street, including the Filmhouse and the Usher Hall.
And the area round about has also seen significant developments, as some of the photographs here show.
Scroll through this photo gallery and see what has changed and what you can remember.
9. Building Saltire Court
Construction work at the gap-site next to the Usher Hall, between Castle Terrace and Cambridge Street Lane, in Edinburgh, April 1990. Sited on the former Poole's Synod Hall, the building became Saltire Court. Photo: Denis Straughan
10. Hotels say 'Count Me in'
Staff from 20 Edinburgh hotels take part in the launch of the 'Edinburgh: Count Me In' tourism campaign outside the Sheraton Hotel in Festival Square in April 1987. Photo: Bill Newton
11. Russian folk singer
Russian folk singer Nadezhda Babkina brought her vocal ensemble Russkaya pesnya to Edinburgh in April 1989. The picture shows Ms Babkina, wearing traditional costume, performing with the 'Red Navy Ensemble' in Festival Square. Photo: Derek McNaughton
12. Laying flowers for Mandela's birthday
Edinburgh Lord Provost Eleanor McLaughlin lays flowers at the Festival Square statue of Mother and Child, on Nelson Mandela's birthday, July 1988. Photo: Hamish Campbell