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High Street is the oldest, and one of the most historically significant, streets in Glasgow, Scotland.Originally the city's main street in medieval times, it formed a direct north–south artery between the Cathedral of St. Mungo (later Glasgow Cathedral) in the north, to Glasgow Cross and the banks of the River Clyde.
The area is also home to a number of high end boutique style shops and some of Glasgow's most upmarket stores. [7] Royal Exchange Square at night (Merchant City) The Merchant City is the centre of Glasgow's growing 'cultural quarter', based on King Street, the Saltmarket and Trongate, and at the heart of the annual Merchant City Festival.
The location, close to the original site of the University of Glasgow, [1] [2] [3] takes up 100,000 square metres (1.1 million square feet) on the corner of Duke Street and High Street. Collegelands, latterly known as the College Goods Railway Yard, [4] [5] is Glasgow's first new city centre quarter in several years.
The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The centre is located adjacent to St Enoch Square. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, [1] began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public on 25 May 1989.
Sauchiehall Street (/ ˌ s ɔː k ɪ ˈ h ɔː l, ˌ s ɒ k ɪ-, ˈ s ɔː k ɪ h ɔː l, ˈ s ɒ k ɪ-/) [2] is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street. Although commonly associated with the city centre, Sauchiehall Street is over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length.
The original Western Club building in Buchanan Street, Glasgow. At the start of the street where it meets Argyle Street and St Enoch Square the historic Argyll Arcade [10] [11] which opened in 1827 with sixty-three shops and is now the oldest Victorian shopping centre in Britain, and its near neighbour award-winning Princes Square indoor mall face across to the stores which make up the iconic ...
Walking into this Hop Shops, one of 15 locations from the Owensboro-based chain, even the signage is encouraging a simple encounter with the logo: “Hop in, hop out.”
The city centre is bounded by High Street at Glasgow Cross the historic centre of civic life, up to Glasgow Cathedral at Castle Street; Saltmarket including Glasgow Green and St Andrew's Square to the east; Clyde Street and Broomielaw (along the River Clyde) to the south; and Charing Cross and Elmbank Street, beyond Blythswood Square to the