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.
13. Easter traffic jam
Cars caught in a traffic jam at Shandwick Place in Edinburgh on Easter Monday 1969. | TSPL Photo: Crauford Tait
14. Salute for Boys Brigade
Founder member of the 54th Edinburgh Company of the Boys Brigade, Mr J Colley, salutes younger member J Stark at the Jubilee dinner in Dalry-Haymarket Churh hall in February 1966. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
15. Computer centre
Exterior of the Randax computer centre at Haymarket Edinburgh, in December 1967 | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart
16. Computers 1967-style
An employee uses a computer at the Randax computer centre at Haymarket, Edinburgh, in December 1967 | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart