Saint Andrew's Parish Church in the east end of Glasgow. Designed by timber and lead merchant Alan Dreghorn and built in 1739, it's based on James Gibb's Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, which was built in 1722. This was the first large scale classical church in Scotland.
A recent post on Twitter by Govanhill Go! reminded me of the concept of desire lines. These are unofficial paths, like the one on the right in this photo, worn into the landscape by people who would rather use them than the official routes (like the one on the left). They're generally short-cuts and often indicate a failure by urban planners to properly understand and account for people's desires as they move through their environment.
One of five portrait roundels on the Glasgow Stock Exchange building on Buchanan Street.
Attributed to John Mossman, it depicts a woman doing science, something unremarkable today, but when it was built in the 1870s, science was an almost completely male field of study. I can't say for certain, but it must be one of the earliest public representations of a female scientist.
Glasgow is famous for architecture and music, so for a bit of Christmas Eve fun, I've combined the two. These are nine Glasgow locations name-checked in songs by well-known artists or groups. Can you name all nine locations and songs?
There's no prize on offer, just the opportunity to show off your knowledge of the city.
Feel free to post your answers below. There's bonus points on offer if you come up with different songs for these locations to the ones I did.
I spotted this somewhat alarming sight above a second storey window while out and about on Wallace Street in Glasgow today. I really hope that rope holding the loose keystone in place is stronger than it looks.
The keystone for the first storey window directly below it is in a similar state, but has nothing at all keeping it in place!
Police were called to a Willy Wonka event in Glasgow after angry parents demanded refunds of their £35 (US$44.37) fee. Organizers House of Illuminati had promised a "journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises at every turn" but discovered a sparse warehouse with a bouncy castle. The Independent has more.
I seem to have got my eye in recently for spotting gorgeous examples of tenement tiles as I wander around Glasgow. These come from a close in Broomhill in the west if the city.
I've spent some time with a camera today, and photographed the #Glasgow Digital Interface Explorer that @1bitsquared will be shipping... (revC3 with Case)
James Salmon Junior's 1900 Art Nouveau British Linen Bank building is one of the last traditional Glasgow tenements left standing in the Gorbals area of the city. Many tenements were cleared in the 1960s and 1970s to be replaced by high rise flats, which themselves are now being replaced by low rise buildings, like the ones in the bakcground of this photograph. These are effectively modern versions of those original tenements.
While I applaud Scottish Water for providing these new water points, it seems a major missed opportunity to create something that's not only function, but that's also beautiful and adds to the local environment where it's placed rather than just being plonked on to the streets with little thought or planning.
The Maryhill Panther, painted on the exposed gable end of a traditional sandstone tenement, peeking through between newly built flats on Maryhill Road in Glasgow.
These missing posters have appeared overnight on the B-Listed Queen Margaret Bridge in the west end of Glasgow after its ornate cast iron Edwardian lamp posts were removed and replaced by modern galvanised steel ones.
By far my favourite bit of architectural ironwork in Glasgow, and possibly anywhere in the world! It can be found on D.B. Dobson's 1902 Art Nouveau commercial building at 50 Darnley Street in Glasgow.
Does anyone know what these tiles are about? The left one is from the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the one on the right is from beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Anniesland. Has anyone seen any other similar tiles around the city?
Sculpted signs on the Maryhill public baths and wash house in Glasgow (now the Glasgow Club Maryhill). They were designed by A.B. MacDonald and were opened in 1898. They included thirty-six wash-stalls, two washing machines, a sevent-fice foot long swimming pool, twenty-five private baths for men, and only six private baths for women. They proved exceedingly popular and were visited over 400,000 times in the Summer of 1938 alone.
If you're wondering how I managed to get the shot of the Savoy Centre in the previous post without the trees which line Sauchiehall Street getting in the way, it's because the trees are no longer there. It's now looking very empty and bare.
Kelvin Court on Great Western Road in Glasgow. Designed by J.N. Fatkin in late Art Deco style and constructed in 1938, it was essentially the first luxury flat development in the city. It was also the largest residential flat development in Scotland at the time it was built.
The iconic British police box might now be associated with Dr Who more than anything else, but once they were a regular sight on our streets. Now only fourteen are left, six of which are in Glasgow. Well, make that five as one was removed from Sauchiehall Street yesterday as part of redevelopment work.