Dundee City Archives

06/09/2026

Springfield, just off Perth Road.

Date: 1950s

Ref: DCC-BW491-18

05/09/2026

Street of the Week: Cross Row

This short street was probably named this as it was a way to cross between Small's Wynd and Park Wynd. Although not marked there is a short street between the two wynd's in Crawford's map of 1793. The street was a mix of one storey houses, 2 storey flats and 3 storey tenements.

By the 20th century many of the homes on the street were identified as slums and were demolished as part of the Small's Wynd Clearance Area in the late 1920s. On the north side of the street the Corporation built 2 blocks of tenement flats. In the 1960s these were sold to the University of Dundee and converted into office space.

04/09/2026

Abertay Historical Society is running a campaign to replace the Unicorn on top of the Mercat Cross in the Nethergate. Read more about the campaign and the Unicorn on the fundraising page: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-dundees-mercat-cross-unicorn.

This image shows the Unicorn in 1913. Ref: GD/MUS230/2/13/3

03/09/2026

Photograph No. 48 in an album showing the construction of the "New Tay Viaduct" (2nd Tay Rail Bridge). Here they are building brick shafts. It was taken on 3rd September 1886

Ref: GD/X717/1

03/09/2026

Whilst the Law has been part of the Dundee's backdrop since time immemorial, the road to the top is a relatively new feature. Find out when and why it was built in our latest blog post.

Inspired by some photographs from our Engineers Negatives collection, one of our volunteers looks into the construction of the road up to the top of the Law.

02/09/2026

On what street have these people stopped to have a chat?

Put your answers in the comments and we will reveal all tomorrow.

01/09/2026

View of the early stages of construction of the Logie Housing Scheme in September 1919.

You can read more about Logie, which was the first Council House scheme in Scotland, in our series of blog posts: https://dundeecityarchives.wordpress.com/category/logie-housing-estate/

Date: 01/09/1919

Reference: GD/MUS230/1/8/11/3

31/08/2026

This the rear of the 3 storey tenement which sat on the corner of Hawkhill and 2 Small's Wynd. A back court entrance divides the two buildings and runs the length of the rear of the buildings to Wallace's Pend.

Date: August 1928

Reference: GD/MUS230/5/7

30/08/2026

Looking down Annfield Road, possibly from the junction with Annfield Row

Date: Jun 1991

Ref: DCC-CL0604-22