Historic texture, colorful hues grace areas within the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Closes, the narrow & steep alleyways branching from the Royal Mile, are important characteristics of the old town, a reminder of the city's medieval origins. Stone covered stucco, different bricks, a camera above the door, a modern drainpipe, a coded entrance pad added through the decades. From medieval to modern, this gateway still holds a reverie stateliness. An imagined gateway when the door is opened.