Glasgow : Streets of Stone
Some shots of Glasgow's architectural heritage
THE SIXTY STEPS
Designed by Glasgow’s “other” architect, Alexander “Greek” Thompson
KERSLAND STREET
SOUTH PORTLAND STREET SUSPENSION BRIDGE
South Portland Street Suspension Bridge links Clyde Street on the north bank of the river Clyde to Carlton Place on the south (Gorbals) side
KELVINGROVE SUNSET
Late afternoon light can be fantastic to behold in autumn in Glasgow, and here the domes of Kelvingrove Gallery and the Kelvin Hall jostle with the silhouettes of cranes in the gloaming
PARIS IN GLASGOW
Park Terrace from Kelvin Way
KELVIN BRIDGE
BUCK’S HEAD BUILDING
A rather neglected “Greek” Thompson building in Argyll Street - a central Glasgow shopping street that has seen much better times
RAINBOW OVER LANCEFIELD QUAY
A TRAIN DRIVER'S VIEW OF CENTRAL STATION APPROACH
MINERVA STREET
In recently-reviving Finneston
HAVELOCK STREET
a tenement street off Byres Road in the West End, looking towards the old church which houses the Cottiers Theatre
TOP END OF HOPE STREET
Theatre Royal on the left, College of Piping at the far end
HILLHEAD
Bathed in an autumn afternoon sunlight
HOPE & ST VINCENT
The clock tower in the centre of the picture is atop Central Station. Seen here from the corner of Hope Street and St Vincent Street on a January afternoon, the shadows are low but there’s a warm glow in the city air
WEST GEORGE STREET
Looking towards the Tron Church and Nelson Mandela Place
TRINITY
The Italianate tower of the former Trinity College building dominates the skyline of the Park District, once the beau quartier of the Victorian city and still often referred to as "Glasgow's Paris"
SAINT VINCENT STREET
The steeple on the left horizon belongs to the Glasgow City Free Church, and is one of the best preserved church buildings of Alexander "Greek" Thomson.
GLASGOW CROSS FROM SALTMARKET
Standing on an island in the middle of Glasgow Cross is the 126ft tall Tolbooth Steeple, built in 1625-26 at the crossing point of the main streets of Glasgow at that time
ANDERSTON
Looking down Elliot Street from the junction with Houldsworth Street in Anderston.
HYNDLAND ROAD
TENEMENT
Corner of Hyndland Road and Clarence Drive, Hyndland
SUNSET - KELVINGROVE GALLERY
ST GEORGE'S CROSS MANSIONS
One of the surviving mansion blocks at Charing Cross in the west end: an area of Glasgow where architectural heritage was no defence against the planners' bulldozers in the 1960's and '70's
FROM QUEENS PARK
looking north, across the west of the city, to the Campsie Fells beyond