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youngmckellar wrote:I keep getting told the St George statue used to be mounted on a building round about here, any ideas where exactly?
HollowHorn wrote:
Nice view from one's kitchen windae
james73 wrote:Old streetmap. It started at St Georges Cross, according to this and lead right
onto New City Road. New City Road formed a junction with Cowcaddens Street
(not Cowcaddens Road as it is now) at the location of the underpass next to the
Underground station.
James H
DVF wrote:Timchilli wrote:The railings were taken from a public lavatory which formerly stood on the site
Tim
These railings?
Timchilli wrote:This seems to happen quite a bit - am I right in thinking that the railings surrounding the toilets in St Vincent Place (where all the rentboys ply their trade... so I'm told) are the same railings that were once used at the entrance to Glasgow Cross Station (designed by J.J. Burnett)?
Tim
tommytank wrote:christ, incredible to see how many tenements got whacked for the M8 to get built! How on earth did they get to do it? was it that they were all lying derelict or something ("accidental arson anyone? )? Or did they just sneakily knock them all down when everyone was at work one day?
Dexter St. Clair wrote:tommytank wrote:christ, incredible to see how many tenements got whacked for the M8 to get built! How on earth did they get to do it? was it that they were all lying derelict or something ("accidental arson anyone? )? Or did they just sneakily knock them all down when everyone was at work one day?
Ever lived in a single end or room and kitchen?
red_kola wrote:HollowHorn wrote:Whats that structure behind the tenement at bottom right in the arial pic?
Probably the Granville / Gem Cinema.
(thanks Nodrog)
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