New Transport Museum at Riverside

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Postby Dexter St. Clair » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:16 am

and the motive would be?


Why set it on fire when it could be demolished.

Been there recently?
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Postby onyirtodd » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:48 am

Dexter St. Clair wrote:and the motive would be?


Why set it on fire when it could be demolished.

Been there recently?


It wouldn't be the first time the council has benefitted from a fire.

Remember St Andrew's halls?
238 to 127. All in all a good afternoon's work
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Postby Dexter St. Clair » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:23 am

The loss of the St Andrews Halls by fire in October 1962 created space behind the library to build a huge extension which opened in June 1981.


Even the buroo is a bit quicker approving benefits .


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OYT thinking of a better example.


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Postby Squigster » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:36 pm

More pics of the site

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Postby Mori » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:00 pm

Evening Times

Museum’s display will transport us back to the Sixties

CULTURE chiefs are to bring the chic style of the Swinging Sixties to a specially created period street at Glasgow's new Riverside Transport Museum.

The 1960s-themed street will feature a shop displaying the creations of city designer Marion Donaldson, who brought the colourful fashions of London to Scotland.

The street will be one of three period installations in the new museum which will allow visitors to walk through time from the 1900s to the 1980s.

The display aims to build on the popularity of the much-loved 1930s Kelvin Street at the current Museum of Transport at Kelvin Hall which eerily recaptures the atmosphere of the era with its underground station, fishmonger, cafe and cinema.

Can you help with the new display? DO you have shoeboxes of family snapshots under the bed or old photo albums gathering dust in the attic?

If so, museum curators think you could become a part of Glasgow's new Riverside Transport Museum, They want to create a display of old photos capturing Glasgow in the Swinging Sixties and need your help.

Bosses say they would love to see your pictures - especially if they're of you or someone you know.

They could be of you or a pal showing off a stylish miniskirt or flash suit at the disco; sporting a fabulous hairdo; singing or playing with a band; behind the wheel of a fab new car; spending your hard-earned cash at a fashion boutique; or simply hanging out with friends in the city .

If you want to be a part of the Riverside Museum and have any old family shots you'd like to share, museum bosses would love to hear from you.

Before forwarding your pictures, please call Kate Tansley on 0141 287 2720 or email [email protected]
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby Mori » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:46 am

Herald

Experts to excavate site of new museum

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are to excavate the site of the new riverside transport museum on the banks of the Clyde in search of artefacts left by the area's first inhabitants more than 1500 years ago.

The appointment of experts to examine the site's history comes as the preparation for the museum extends down to the original ground level.

But it is the more recent industrial past that is causing the developer, Glasgow City Council, most problems and has already brought costs in at £450,000 more than should be the case at this stage
The museum, originally costed at £50m before rising by 50% last year, has now been given a total "expenditure forecast" of £85m.

Progress will be detailed to councillors in a report released this week.

With the site having been intensively developed over the past 200 years, a large number of foundations of previous buildings occupy the site and other ground obstructions have had to be removed at an additional cost of £265,000.

It is a planning condition to appoint a site archaeologist if the excavation works extend to the original ground level.

Archaeologists recently dug a section of the proposed M74 extension, cutting through Glasgow's south side, uncovering relics from the industrial revolution.

The entire riverside museum project is expected to be complete by March 2011.

Edit:( missed the 2011 from copy and paste) :oops:
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby sds » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:00 am

Mori wrote:The entire riverside museum project is expected to be complete by March

Optimistic.
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby viceroy » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:03 pm

Beginning to take shape - as viewed from Govan.
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby glasgowken » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:01 pm

That grotty building (was it Mitchell's Self Drive or something ?) near the site was burnt out today. Passed this on the train just after 1pm and flames were still coming out.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/gla ... 635084.stm

I remember playing in an old bus that had been dumped outside here.
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby MotoMad » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:35 pm

"A fire in a derelict building"

Glasgow's catchphrase!
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby big/davie » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:26 pm

Can i ask why it's so expensive to build it :?:
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby scoobydoo » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:39 pm

big/davie wrote:Can i ask why it's so expensive to build it :?:


Because not one surface is straight or flat - everthing is curved.

Its also made out of a lot of steel and prices have rocketed in the last year.
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby red_kola » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:54 pm

big/davie wrote:Can i ask why it's so expensive to build it :?:

All the Poles have been run out of town?
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby big/davie » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:22 pm

scoobydoo wrote:
big/davie wrote:Can i ask why it's so expensive to build it :?:


Because not one surface is straight or flat - everthing is curved.

Its also made out of a lot of steel and prices have rocketed in the last year.
Steel prices have actually dropped in the last few weeks,if you took a ton of steel to the scrappies a few months ago some were giving you around £180 per ton,now it's down to around £100,how much did the science centre and Glasgow tower cost in comparison :?:

red_kola wrote:
big/davie wrote:Can i ask why it's so expensive to build it :?:

All the Poles have been run out of town?
That's a pity,such good workers too.
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Re: New Transport Museum at Riverside

Postby yoker brian » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:33 pm

big/davie wrote:Steel prices have actually dropped in the last few weeks,if you took a ton of steel to the scrappies a few months ago some were giving you around £180 per ton,now it's down to around £100,


Prime Structual Steel has risen by 46% per ton in last 18 months

Scrap Structural Steel has fallen from £300 odds to just over £150 in last 3 months - this is due to an over supply of scrap steel in the system.
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