Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

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There's some beautiful architecture in Glasgow..

The Lion Chambers,Hope St,City Centre.

The neglect is staggering!!!
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Its. a pity there are no local covenants in place which forces landlords to maintain a property to the standards set by the local authority or be open to compulsory purchase orders at knock down prices.
 
Scotland Street School Glasgow,Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed architectural masterpiece which is now a museum.

I advise anyone coming to Glasgow to go and have a look,easy access by subway too.
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I visited a couple of months ago.
Far more choices of shops than Hull
Which as Springtiger explained is exactly what you expect due to populations (and visitor numbers from the rest of more rural Scotland)
House of Fraser store is stunning inside (although I understand it has a leaky roof and structural damage which is a worry) and plenty of decent shops in Buchanan Galleries and the other shopping centres etc
Yes,the House of Fraser building is fairly unique as a shopping spectacle.Buchanan St is pretty upmarket and Buchanan galleries has some nice shops in it too.

Argyle St and Sauchiehall St were both renowned as popular shopping Streets but sadly they are in demise nowadays.

It's been discussed before but online shopping has destroyed City Centres up and down the Country.
 
Scotland Street School Glasgow,Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed architectural masterpiece which is now a museum.

I advise anyone coming to Glasgow to go and have a look,easy access by subway too.
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We went to the Hill House at Helensburgh in the summer, which for those who don't know is a house designed by Mackintosh. Stunning interior and fascinating exterior encased in a shell of chainmail to protect it from the weather. I couldn't recommend it highly enough and my daughter absolutely loved it (and blamed the builders rather than Mackintosh's design for it not being waterproof - these architects have to stick together)
 
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We went to the Hill House at Helensburgh in the summer, which for those who don't know is a house designed by Mackintosh. Stunning interior and fascinating exterior encased in a shell of chainmail to protect it from the weather. I couldn't recommend it highly enough and my daughter absolutely loved it (and blamed the builders rather than Mackintosh's design for it not being waterproof - these architects have to stick together)
It's on my list - I saw the Mackintosh House at the university a good few years ago, and loved it. On CRM matters, The Willow Tea rooms on Sauchiehall St used to do a fab breakfast too.
 
It's on my list - I saw the Mackintosh House at the university a good few years ago, and loved it. On CRM matters, The Willow Tea rooms on Sauchiehall St used to do a fab breakfast too.

You'll see plenty of interior photos online, and it is beautiful, but this has to be seen to be believed. Some people hate it, but I thought it was fascinating in terms of getting up close and personal with all of the detail outside.

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I visited a couple of months ago.
Far more choices of shops than Hull
Which as Springtiger explained is exactly what you expect due to populations (and visitor numbers from the rest of more rural Scotland)
House of Fraser store is stunning inside (although I understand it has a leaky roof and structural damage which is a worry) and plenty of decent shops in Buchanan Galleries and the other shopping centres etc
You've put the mockers on Buchanan Galleries DBT...The plans have been drawn up for it's demolition.
Don't suppose you were in M&S Sauchiehall St too..That's closing too!!

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