Haymarket is both a busy traffic junction and a major railway station - and now a popular tram stop once again - as well as being a hive of activity with shops, pubs, restaurants and offices.
But these old pictures selected from the Evening News archives show how much life in Edinburgh has changed since the 1950s and 1960s.
Roads which today are almost always busy have hardly any traffic. A policewoman stands on point duty where sophisticated traffic signal systems are now in control. The station has been extended and dramatically changed since these pictures were taken. And today’s mobile phones are probably many times more powerful than the large cabinets of computers shown here.
Scroll through this picture gallery to see just what everyday life was like in this part of the Capital six or seven decades ago.
5. Aerial view 1960
Aerial view of Edinburgh, looking west to Haymarket and Donaldson's School, with Morrison Street goods yard in foreground and the crescents of the West End and St Mary's Cathedral in the upper part of the image. | TSPL Photo: TSPL
6. Haymarket Edinburgh in 1962
Traffic seems sparse in this picture of Haymarket in 1962 | TSPL Photo: TSPL
7. Curling, Scotland v America
Curling at Haymarket Ice Rink in January 1962. This was Scotland v America and S Graham throwing a stone. | TSPL Photo: TSPL
8. Point duty
Policewoman Sheila Johnstone on point duty at Haymarket in 1962. | TSPL Photo: TSPL