| The Changing Waterfront | |
| September 2007 | |
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| RSS DISCOVERY (above left) in its dedicated berth at Dundee, contrasts with the Koninklijke Marine's L801 HNLMS JOHAN DE WITT (above right) which visited Dundee during the weekend of September 22-23, 2007. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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TSS DUNCAN, appropriately in Camperdown Street, (above left) is Dundee Sea Cadet Corps' Headquarters at Camperdown Dock. SCC Cadets sailing in Camperdown Dock (right) overshadowed by the mass of the Royal Netherlands Navy's JOHAN DE WITT berthed in the Tay. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Marine Parade with fashionable flats leading up to Victoria Dock. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Marine Parade - an old crane has been retained as a reminder, perhaps, to a once thriving dockside. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Not all the flats are new builds - the ones above leading down to the waterfront once formed part of an industrial complex. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| While Victoria Dock looks much the same, new office blocks have been constructed west of Discovery Point and separate the walkway from the busy Riverside Drive. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking west (above) and east (right) from Compass House in Riverside Drive, west of Discovery Point. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Compass House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The modern Dundee Hilton Hotel contrast with the former Mathers Temperance Hotel which is scheduled for restoration. The Olympic Leisure Centre is to the right of the photograph - Malcolm McCrow |