An American-style ghost town hides along a side street in Scotlands capital city. It’s the type of situation where you’d expect to hear cowboys’ spurs clanging against the pavement,or eavesdrop on conversations saturated with a slow, southern twang.
What was once an advertising gimmick for a South Western Furniture Company in the mid-‘90s is now a dilapidated and worn-out facade, or something reminiscent of a Main Street of a southwestern American cowboy town. Saunter along the street—which is complete with a jail,cantina, and general store—and you’ll feel as though you’ve stepped onto the set of a Wild West film.
The street’s facade was designed by Michael Faulkner, and with help from the Euro Disney engineers who created the lettering. It was meant to cover the exterior of the used cinema that the furniture company was based in.
The company that created this transplanted sliver of America’s Wild West has since gone out of commerce,giving the street an even more ghost town-like atmosphere as the facade has fallen into disrepair. nowadays, the western decor conceals the storefronts of artist studios, and galleries,and apartments. The Cantina’s door actually functions as the fire exit for the Morningside Library.
Source: atlasobscura.com