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The first Chinese restaurants in Glasgow, Wah Yen, was opened in 1948 by Jimmy Yin on Govan Road. However, at the time, few Chinese lived in the city. [2] As more Chinese migrants moved to the city in the 1970s and 1980s, many settled in Garnethill and Woodlands, accounting for 66.4 per cent of the Chinese population in Glasgow in 1989. [3]
Sheffield has no official Chinatown although London Road, Highfield is the centre of the Sheffield Chinese community. There are many Chinese restaurants, supermarkets and community stores, and the home of the Sheffield Chinese Community Centre. The Sheffield Chinese community is pressing for the street to be formally labelled Sheffield's Chinatown.
Ashton Lane is a cobbled backstreet in the West End of Glasgow. It is connected to Byres Road by a short linking lane beside Hillhead subway station and is noted for its bars, restaurants and a licensed cinema. Off the main thoroughfare of Byres Road, Ashton Lane is a focus for bars, cafes and restaurants.
From the late 1980s onwards, the Merchant City has been rejuvenated with luxury city centre apartments and warehouse conversions. This regeneration has supported an increasing number of cafés and restaurants. [6] The area is also home to a number of high end boutique style shops and some of Glasgow's most upmarket stores. [7]
The city centre is home to most of Glasgow's main cultural venues: the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow City Hall, Theatre Royal (performing home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet), the Pavilion Theatre, the King's Theatre, Glasgow Film Theatre, Tron Theatre, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Mitchell Library and Theatre, the Centre for ...
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.
Packer was interviewed by detectives a month after the sex worker's body was found in remote woods in South Lanarkshire on 8 May 2005 - five weeks after she was last seen in Glasgow city centre ...
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.