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Grand Vision acquired Vision Express in 1997. The French parent company Grand Vision has clinics under various brands across Europe, and the rest of the world. Under franchise agreement there is a strong Vision Express brand present also in Latvian and Lithuanian markets.
While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past Pulaski Road (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side ...
The Pride of the Clyde ferry service ran from Glasgow City Centre to Braehead's pier down the River Clyde regularly until October 2007. A road bridge between Renfrew and Yoker on the north bank of the Clyde was constructed in 2024, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] providing easier access to Braehead for residents in that sector of the city.
In 2007, Optical Express formed a partnership with Glasgow-based charity organisation, The Caring City. [47] Donated spectacles are distributed free of charge via local clinics to communities within Burundi. [48] Optical Express has also been a main supporter of the annual Glasgow Taxi Outing, having been so since 2007.
Unfinished Glasgow ring road. The construction of Glasgow's motorway network was originally proposed as part of the Bruce Report, which set out an ambition for a modern, efficient transport network for the city. This included miles of new motorway, bridges, tunnels and railway and resulted in the creation of the M8, M74 and M77 roads as well as ...
Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. [97] Housing was originally built in a series of satellite neighbourhoods clustered around the hilltop town centre. Separation of people and cars was a major element of the first town masterplan, and this was carried through for much of the development of the town.
Visionworks of America, Inc. (formerly known as Doctors' Value Vision) is an American company which operates or manages 711 optical retail stores in 40 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company was incorporated in 1988.
Anderston bus station closed in 1993, resulting in the transfer of some of its remaining services to Buchanan, whilst some other short-distance routes switched to on-street termini as a cost saving measure. Today Buchanan Street is the only bus station in the city, and it is predominantly used by longer-distance and express services.