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George Square (Scottish Gaelic: Ceàrnag Sheòrais) is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square , St Andrew's Square , St Enoch Square , Royal Exchange Square , and Blythswood Square on Blythswood Hill .
George Square (Scottish Gaelic: Ceàrnag Sheòrais) is a city square in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the south of the city centre, adjacent to the Meadows . It was laid out in 1766 outside the overcrowded Old Town , and was a popular residential area for Edinburgh's better-off citizens.
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According to Historic Environment Scotland, "George Square was the earliest, largest and most ambitious scheme of unified town planning attempted in Edinburgh to date." [ 2 ] The building was designed by James Brown (1729-1807), brother of George Brown the Laird of Elliston and Lindsaylands, who the square is named after.
The City of Minneapolis is requesting applications to redevelop the Peoples’ Way property at George Floyd Square, formerly home to a Speedway gas station at 38th and Chicago that became a ...
In August 2020, it was subject of a multi-part PBS News Hour series, "George Floyd Square: The epicenter of a protest movement that’s swept the world." [178] In December 2020, it was the subject of a Minnesota Public Radio series, "Making George Floyd's Square: Meet the people transforming 38th and Chicago". [179]
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