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Glasgow old and new




I've been working in Glasgow all week, but with very long working days  there's been no time to get out and explore the city.  The most I can show you is the view from my hotel bedroom.  Glasgow is much larger than Edinburgh and the cityscape always says 'big city' to me.  I feel as if I'm visiting from a village in the country by comparison.  

This is a city in movement, summed up for me by my 6th floor view:  sadly derelict Victorian sandstone building, complete with blurred carvings, chimney pots and tiny attic casements, beside a gap left by a demolition, and then the modern high rises beyond. 

And more of the same in the other direction.  I hope the building in the first picture, with its hobbit-like cupolas and dormers, will be restored, but it did look as if it was being left to fall into decay.  Pity.  I felt like starting a charity for abandoned buildings, it tugged at my heart-strings so much.



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  1. Anonymous7 March 2015 at 19:48

    I think you have summed up Glasgow - at least the city centre - very well with these photos. Lots of changes going on, and so many old buildings in great need of rescuing.

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  2. VeggieMummy7 March 2015 at 20:10

    Give me beautiful Victorian architecture over modern high rises any day! x

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  3. RedPat7 March 2015 at 21:03

    I didn't realize that Glasgow was that big! It is sad to see fine old buildings left to deteriorate or to have their details hidden by some modern additions.

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  4. William Kendall7 March 2015 at 21:43

    I'd go for older architecture over the modern any time.

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  5. Handmade in Israel8 March 2015 at 12:59

    Delighted to read your blog! We travelled around Scotland last summer and had a wonderful time! We didn't visit Glasgow on that occasion, though I have been there in the past. Lovely to see your photos. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

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  6. Michelle8 March 2015 at 14:15

    I love the age shown in that first shot.

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  7. Linda W.8 March 2015 at 15:30

    Yes, it's a shame these wonderful old buildings are torn down instead of renovated.

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  8. Marcheline8 March 2015 at 16:24

    Oh, how I wish all the money spent on modern ugliness was spent on restoring ancient beauty instead! Same thing going on in my town... gutting.

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  9. This is Belgium8 March 2015 at 21:39

    In my mind Edinburgh was the big city.

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  10. This is Belgium8 March 2015 at 21:40

    and wanted to add, it has been on my wish list forever!

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  11. Anonymous12 March 2015 at 05:16

    there is something so welcoming about Glasgow. I have been missing it.

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