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It saw the building converted into a theatre complex for the Scottish Youth Theatre, 62 residential apartments and the Citation Public House and Restaurant. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The project was subsequently recognised by an award for Best Practice in Regeneration from the British Urban Regeneration Association.
The Merchant City, a new name introduced through urban renewal by the Scottish Development Agency and the city council in the 1980s is one part of the metropolitan central area of Glasgow. It commences at George Square and goes eastwards reaching Glasgow Cross , in the centre of Glasgow , Scotland .
The majority of the city’s building stock, then, is nineteenth century when the population of Glasgow rose from c. 78,000 in 1801 to 770,000 in 1901. The pattern of expansion can be traced from the commercial centre of the High Street and Merchant City westwards to the Blythswood Hill New Town laid out in the 1820s and 30s, and south of the ...
The city is known for its tenements, [1] where a common stairwell is informally known as a close. [2] [3] These were the most popular form of housing in 19th- and 20th-century Glasgow and remain the most common form of dwelling in Glasgow today. [4]
The Tolbooth Steeple dominates Glasgow Cross and marks the east side of the Merchant City.. To the east is the commercial and residential district of Merchant City.The Merchant City was formerly the residential district of the wealthy city merchants in the 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly the Tobacco Lords from whom many of the streets take their name.
Pages in category "Restaurants in Glasgow" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amaryllis ...
The following are places within the Glasgow City council area.. Places north of the River Clyde Anderston, Anniesland, Auchenshuggle, Baillieston, Balornock ...
The ward covers Glasgow city centre and the Merchant City which contain many office and retail premises but also some residential buildings, and also includes the more heavily populated areas of Cowcaddens, Garnethill and Townhead north of the city centre, along with the campuses of both the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University, with the M8 motorway being the northern ...