Two-tone tenements on Clifford Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. Local legend has it this effect is due to the builders running out of one colour of sandstone and completing the building with another. However, it seems much more likely that this was a conscious design choice to use harder red sandstone on the ground flooor, where most wear was likely to occur, and the softer blonde sandstone above.
The same two-tone approach can be seen on many bank buildings constructed around the same time, where ultra hard-wearing granite was often used to face the ground floor walls.
A late 19th Century tenement with a distinctive corner tower at Albert Cross in Pollokshields. Until about five years ago, this junction, in keeping with the Glasgow tradition, was marked by three distinctive corner towers. Since then, two have been lost to fire, and with the ground floor shop seemingly lying empty, there is a high risk this one will suffer a similar fate.
Unfortunately, it's also something which seems to have pretty much been abandoned in recent years, resulting in a negative impact on the city's streetscape in terms of aethetics and in terms of creating a unique local feel.
Looking up Hunter Street from Duke Street in the East End of Glasgow. The corner tenement dates from 1897 and designed by John Cunningham. The one further up the street was built in 1902 and was designed by John Gordon. In the distance are a series of warehouses.
I love the curved corner of this tenement building on Arygle Street in the west end of Glasgow. It's a small and simple feature and there was no need for the architect to do this, but it adds so much to the character of both the building and the local area.
A different style of flower on tenement tiles today, but they're just as beautiful. These are from a close in Dowanhill in the west end of Glasgow. The next close along has the same flowers, but with yellow petals.
I don't know who's responsible for planting these sunflowers outside Olivia's on Crow Road in Broomhill, but whoever you are, thank you - they're a wonderful addition to the street and always help put a smile on my face.
I spotted these relief sculptures over the entrances to numbers 1 and 3 Elie Street in the Partick area of Glasgow. It's great to see such adornments on relatively new tenement buildings. Modern buildings need more little details like this.