Crème de la Crème
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:50 pm
I’ve just heard that planning permission has been granted for the demolition of Crème de la Crème on Argyle St. It’s going to be replaced by an 8 storey block of flats (albeit designed by the recent RIAS award winners - Elder & Cannon).
The planners describe the Crème de la Crème building (or former Kelvin Cinema) as of “little architectural merit” and the heritage section in the council recon it has is a “neutral / negative feature in the conservation area”.
What a load of rot.
The building is a landmark, and a damn sight more interesting than the category B listed tenements immediately to the west. Ok so it’s suffered quite a bit of unsympathetic alterations (the granite shopfront, the chopped down canopy, the plant on roof, & painting etc), but all of these are pretty superficial.
I know that the facade retention of the Ascot cinema at Anniesland hasn’t been an out and out success, and I’ve yet to see what’s been done with the Toledo at Muirend, but I would have thought they could at least have tried to keep the frontage - After all it is the most interesting building on what is otherwise a pretty boring stretch of Argyle Street.
The planners describe the Crème de la Crème building (or former Kelvin Cinema) as of “little architectural merit” and the heritage section in the council recon it has is a “neutral / negative feature in the conservation area”.
What a load of rot.
The building is a landmark, and a damn sight more interesting than the category B listed tenements immediately to the west. Ok so it’s suffered quite a bit of unsympathetic alterations (the granite shopfront, the chopped down canopy, the plant on roof, & painting etc), but all of these are pretty superficial.
I know that the facade retention of the Ascot cinema at Anniesland hasn’t been an out and out success, and I’ve yet to see what’s been done with the Toledo at Muirend, but I would have thought they could at least have tried to keep the frontage - After all it is the most interesting building on what is otherwise a pretty boring stretch of Argyle Street.