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Posted:
Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:12 pmby crusty_bint
The eastern flank was basically to go straight down the High St.
A number of buildings were demolished in the early 80's in preperation
for this. The Townhead interchange was also built specifically for this
purpose.
And here we have the proposal for the TownHead interchange.... GHASTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Townhead Proposals
Posted:
Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:30 pmby Pgcc93
But it looks Oh So clean, I could live there. Almost!.
Posted:
Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:38 pmby Fossil
..looks like an old Flash Gordon set
Posted:
Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:52 amby james73
That's awful. The road bridge in the middle is obviously Cathedral St,
but what the hell's happened to the Royal Infirmary?
As Billy Connolly says a lot, who are these bastards?
James H
Posted:
Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:15 pmby james73
And another thing - why is it these 'illustrations' always have lots of trees
next to the motorways?? I'll bet the drawings of the M8 carving up
Charing Cross also had lots of trees in 'em. As if new trees would prosper
and flourish in all those lovely traffic fumes...
James H
Off Topic- Bell's Bridge
Posted:
Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:48 pmby Alasdair
Does anyone else admire Bell's Bridge?
It's got a straightforward name; the path goes in a straight line rather than in a curve unlike many of the designs for Tradeston; and it had its heyday at the Garden Festival of 1988, which most people remember fondly. Shame it's surrounded by car parks and taxi ranks.
Posted:
Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:54 pmby Pgcc93
There are plans to also build a new 4 lane road bridge at the bottom of Finneston Street at the North rotunda. And there is a proposal for a bridge between Partick and Govan as part of the Glasgow Harbour development.
Posted:
Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:08 pmby germistonguy
RE~ The picture of the planned Townhead interchange
I am an 'expat' - When I left Glasgow, Townhead was still a thriving community albeit the tenements were almost all gone. The shops in Castle St, Glebe St and Stirling road were still there, as were Townhead baths and Townhead Library.
Sad to say that when I visited Glasgow a few years back, Townhead looked just like the illustration posted above.
Springburn looked as if someone had driven straight through with a huge steamroller
Very sad!
Posted:
Tue May 18, 2004 12:40 pmby AMcD
Sorry for dragging this back up but I thought it best to stick to the original thread...
I took a photo of the new jetty/pontoon they've built opposite the Renfrew Ferry.
Is this where they're moving the ferry to? Or what else could it be for , any ideas? (other than, for boats
)
Posted:
Tue May 18, 2004 4:12 pmby caine
it could be for the ferry......
Posted:
Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:37 pmby The_Clincher
Posted:
Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:32 pmby AMcD
Great pictures Clincher.
Cheers
edit... found another view from the 1930s.
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/imageview.php?inum=TGSW00020
(Also shows the Bilsland Bakery in the top middle of the picture and the Finnieston Vehicular Ferry)
Posted:
Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:40 pmby crusty_bint
Nice pics all!
heres a couple of the Forth road bridge under construction
(sorry about the poor quality)
Posted:
Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:46 pmby Sharon
Thats a great photo crusty...it looks liek someones came along with a giant airbrush and just cloned out bits of it! (apologies to the non geeks on here)
Posted:
Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:01 pmby crusty_bint
It does don't it
There are similar pics of the rail bridge under construction, quite a sight to behold actually! Can't remember where I saw them tho so if anyone comes across an let us know.
Crusty
