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thisismyglasgow, 9 days ago to glasgow

By far my favourite bit of architectural ironwork in Glasgow, and possibly anywhere in the world! It can be found on D.B. Dobson's 1902 Art Nouveau commercial building at 50 Darnley Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #ironwork #dragon #architecture #glasgowbuildings #pollokshields #decorativeironwork #drainpipe

thisismyglasgow, 1 month ago to glasgow

Every now and then I come across a road sign which raises more questions than it answers. This is one such sign I spotted today in Bowling just to the west of Glasgow.

#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes

thisismyglasgow, 9 months ago to glasgow

I seem to have got my eye in recently for spotting gorgeous examples of tenement tiles as I wander around Glasgow. These come from a close in Broomhill in the west if the city.

#glasgow #design #tiles #ceramics #tenementlife #glasgowtenement #tenementtiles #architecture #glasgowarchitecture

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago to glasgow

Looking up at an electricity pylon towering above the tow path of the Forth and Clyde Canal by Speirs Wharf in Glasgow.

#glasgow #forthandclydecanal #speirswharf #pylon #electricitypylon #patterns

thisismyglasgow, 7 months ago to glasgow

Some more beautiful Glasgow tenement tiles, and so many different shades of green. These are from a close in Broomhill.

#glasgow #tiles #tenementtiles #ceramics #glasgowtenement #tenement #glasgowbuildings #broomhill #architecture #design

thisismyglasgow, 7 months ago to glasgow

Some more beautiful Art Nouveau tiles from a Glasgow tenement in Govanhill on the Southside of the city. These are amongst my favourite ones which I've come across so far.

#glasgow #govanhill #tenementtiles #tiling #ceramics #artnouveau #tiles #glasgowbuildings #tenement #glasgowtenement #tenementtiles

thisismyglasgow, 5 months ago to glasgow

In the 1950s, more than 200,000 people in Glasgow, or about one fifth of its population, were members of a Cooperative Society, and they accounted for 10% of all retail sales in the city.

This meant Cooperative Societies were part of a massive circular economy where money earned in the city was spent in businesses owned by the people of the city and any profits made remained in the city's local econony.

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#glasgow #economics #scottishcooperativewholesalesociety #cooperativesocieties

thisismyglasgow, 1 month ago to glasgow

A recent post on Twitter by Govanhill Go! reminded me of the concept of desire lines. These are unofficial paths, like the one on the right in this photo, worn into the landscape by people who would rather use them than the official routes (like the one on the left). They're generally short-cuts and often indicate a failure by urban planners to properly understand and account for people's desires as they move through their environment.

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#glasgow #urbanplanning #m8 #desirelines

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to glasgow

One of Glasgow's few surviving stone tramways on Cleveden Crescent Lane in the west of the city. Consisting of slabs of smoothed granite, they reduced the friction between cartwheels and cobbled streets, while the setts in between the tramways provided grip for the horses' hooves. This allowed one horse to pull what it would otherwise take two horses to move.

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#glasgow #tram #glasgowtrams #stonetramway #glasgowhistory #cobbledstreet #tramway #Kelvinside #georgetrain

thisismyglasgow, 1 month ago to glasgow

There's a teddy bear handing out maths problems in the West End of Glasgow!

#glasgow #teddybear #glasgowestend #math #maths

thisismyglasgow, 7 months ago to glasgow

And just to round off today's somewhat eclectic series of posts, some beautiful tenement tiles from the east end of Glasgow.

#glasgow #tiles #ceramics #tiling #tenementtiles #glasgowtenement #tenement #glasgowbuilding #architecture

thisismyglasgow, 6 months ago to glasgow

Another of Glasgow's wonderful gushet tenement buildings. This one, dating from 1858, is on corner of Argyle Street and Kent Road in the west end of the city. I particularly like the fact the architect still managed to squeeze in a bay window on such a narrow frontage!

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #tenement #glasgowtenement #tenementlife #baywindow

thisismyglasgow, 5 months ago to glasgow

Glasgow is famous for architecture and music, so for a bit of Christmas Eve fun, I've combined the two. These are nine Glasgow locations name-checked in songs by well-known artists or groups. Can you name all nine locations and songs?

There's no prize on offer, just the opportunity to show off your knowledge of the city.
Feel free to post your answers below. There's bonus points on offer if you come up with different songs for these locations to the ones I did.

#glasgow #architecture #music

thisismyglasgow, 8 months ago to glasgow

One last shot from yesterday's sunrise over the Glasgow Science Centre complex on Pacific Quay.

#glasgow #glasgowsciencecentre #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #clouds #cloudscape

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to glasgow

The 55.2 metre wide and 53.3 metre high central arch of the Ballochmyle Viaduct in Ayrshire. Designed by John Miller in the 1840s, it's not only the highest railway bridge in Britain, at the time it was built, it also has the largest masonry span in the world. It was constructed as part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway connecting Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle, and still carries passenger and freight trains to this day.

#glasgow #ayrshire #trains #railway #bridge #ballochmyle

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago to glasgow

The magnificent head of Bella the Beithir at Stockingfield Junction on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the north of Glasgow. Created by Nichol Wheatley, when finished Bella will be 121 metres long as her body weaves through the hill above the Stockingfield Bridge. Commissioned by Scottish Canals, it's a companion piece to the Kelpies in Falkirk as both feature Scottish mythological beasts associated with water.

#glasgow #forthandclydecanal #sculpture #bellathebeithir #stockingfieldbridge

thisismyglasgow, 3 months ago to glasgow

This morning looking across the Firth of Clyde to Dumbarton Rock. It's the remains of an extinct volcano dating from over 300 million years ago. The buildings you can see on it today are part of Dumbarton Castle whose history can be traced back at least 1,500 years, making it the oldest fortress in Scotland to still be in existence today.

#glasgow #firthofclyde #dumbartoncastle #scottishhistory #dumbartonrock #reflections

thisismyglasgow, 1 month ago to glasgow

A rare Edward VIII post box on Great George Street in the West End of Glasgow. Each British post box bears the insignia of the monarch who was on the throne when it was made. Edward VIII had only been king for 325 days before he abdicated in December 1936, so very few post boxes were made with his cipher on it. Out of a total of 15,500 post boxes in the UK, there are only 171 Edward VIII ones, and six of them, including this one, are in Glasgow.

#glasgow #postbox #edwardviiipostbox

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago to glasgow

Love this ivy-pattern tile from a tenement close in the Thornwood area of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #thornwood #tenement #glasgowtenement #tile #tiling #tiles #ceramic #tenementtiles

thisismyglasgow, 2 months ago to glasgow

The rather wonderful Art Deco facade of the Watt Brothers Department Store building on Bath Street in Glasgow. This part of the buiding was constructed in 1929 and was designed by A. Graham Henderson.

#Glasgow #architecture #artdeco #glasgowbuildings #bathstreet #artdecoarchitecture #buildingphotography #architecturephotography

thisismyglasgow, 3 months ago to glasgow

A mermaid on the Dumbarton Rock Foreshore. Made from wrought iron, this rather wonderful artwork was created by local artist Gerry Deeney.

#glasgow #art #publicart #sculpture #beach #mermaid #dumbarton #dumbartonrock #publicsculpture

thisismyglasgow, 26 days ago to glasgow

There are few things which beats a wally close for making a great first impression. This one is in the Hyndland area of Glasgow. For those who don't know, a wally close is the communal entrance to a tenement which is lined with tiles, and often beautifully crafted ones.

#glasgow #tiles #tenement #hyndland #glasgowtenement #ceramics #tiling #architecture #glasgowbuildings

thisismyglasgow, 3 months ago to glasgow

I came across this rather unusual date plate on Blackfriars Street in Glasgow today. I'm presuming the date is 1899, but the mirror symmetry in the numbers is not something I've come across before.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #dateplate #mirrorsymmetry #merchantcity #blackfriarsstreet

thisismyglasgow, 17 days ago to glasgow

Another of Glasgow's Edward VIII pillar boxes. This one is on Crown Terrace in the West End. Twenty six such boxes were installed in the city during the 326 days Edward VIII was on the throne, which one source claims was more than anywhere else, but I'm not convinced this is actually correct. As far as I can track down, six of these 26 remain in place today.

#glasgow #pillarbox #edwardviii #edwardviiipillarbox #crownterrace #postbox

thisismyglasgow, 3 days ago to glasgow

I love this decorative Art Nouveau metal plaque of Neptune in a doorway of the Miller and Lang building on Darnley Street in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #artnouveau #pollokshields #neptune #glasgowbuildings