It's only when you see it from a distance that you realise quite how badly Glasgow City Centre has been overrun by generic, soulless boxes which add little to the city's skyline. At the rate things are going, Glasgow risks losing a lot of the feel and atmosphere which makes it unique.
@thisismyglasgow A lot of the damage was already done 50 years ago, though? Demolishing Charing Cross, Abbotsford Place, punting up generic shopping centres in Sauchiehall Street, St Enoch, etc. What I appreciate in your photos is how much particularity survived the onslaught.
@AllyD There was a lot of damage back in the mid 20th Century, but we don't seem to have learned anything from that and we're currenrly going through another period of exactly the same type of damage all over again, especially in and around the city centre.
Let's face it, while the buildings in the foreground of this picture are clearly Glasgow, those in the background could be anywhere in the world and have very little going for them.
This is not to say we shouldn't build new buildings, just that they should be unique enough to add to the spirit of the city and not detract from it.
@thisismyglasgow Amen to that. Sadly money talks and in the same way that Boris let rip with an explosion of high rise buildings when he was Mayor and that skyline gradually became more about property investment and money laundering ,the same can happen in any other city.
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