MODERN GLASGOW
Born in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow . Brought up in a small apartment in a tenement buiding right in the centre of the city. Our living conditions were not poor they were normal. This is how Glasgwegians lived in the 60`s .
How Glasgow has changed . My home in Wemyss street is now the Thistle hotel. Top notch modern hotel with high standard facilities. Last week I wandered round the city and took a few photo`s of the new Glasgow. If my mother and father were here today they would be delighted how some of the slum buildings have been turned into architectural masterpieces .
OLD GREY BUILDINGS CLEANED UP.
Most of the Victorian buildings are a joy to look at now they have been stonecleaned and restored to their greater glory but design in the 60`s was poor . When the world was buzzing with flower power the architects and designers must have been high on LSD to push their ideas to our cities fathers.
The high flats were built to help solve the poor housing problem. Modern at the time but could be loney places. If you lived on 18th floor and the lifts broke tuff luck. Hopefully this will be addressed to give Glaswegians all a home to be proud off .
Take my pictorial tour and see some of the changes that have happened in the city.
Below new bridges crossing the River Clyde bringing life back to the Glasgows waterfront.
Sadly, Glasgow shipbuilding declined and trade coming into this part of the city stopped so warehouses and shipyard s closed.In September 2006, the Clyde Arc road bridge opened to traffic, enhancing access to the South Bank at the SECC. Transport links will also be a key feature of the Glasgow Harbour. More info at http://bairdstravel.com/NEWBROOMIELAW.aspx
Jan 2010 SSEC and the bells bridge
The earliest developments were the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) at the former Queen's Dock in 1985, and the Glasgow Garden Festival at the former Prince's Dock in 1988, which demonstrated the potential of the riverside area as a catalyst for urban regeneration. Through the 1990s, riverside apartment buildings began to appear at Lancefield Quay on the North bank and the former General Terminus Quay on the South bank, and the Norman Foster-designed Clyde Auditorium was opened at the SECC in 1997. The former Garden Festival site is now home to the Glasgow Science Centre including Glasgow Tower (the spiritual successor to the Clydesdale Bank tower which was part of the Garden Festival). There has been further development at this site, with a new headquarters for BBC Scotland forming the cornerstone of a new "media village".
Opened June 2011
The new Riverside museum http://bairdstravel.com/riverside.aspx
