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What surprised me most was the tiny size of the workers.

The tower doesn’t look that big in the street without the human scale supplied by he steeplejacks.

It’s not just Goths you see hanging round the GoMA!



Two guys living very dangerously!

Half of this picture could be in the “Reflections of Glasgow” thread and the other half in the “Water, Trees and Stuff” thread, so I’ve plumped for Oddities!



You can find trees in the strangest spots in the Dear Green Place.

GoMA has preserved plenty of original features inside to make it worth a regular visit, no matter what exhibitions are on display. I still love the external views, weather permitting. I took this snap of the clock tower on a nice sunny day last September. http://www.scotcities.com/goma_clocktower.jp...

Who said there was nothing worth looking at inside the GoMA?



Ornamental ironwork at atrium within GoMA



Rooflight over atrium within GoMA

A couple early morning snaps over the Clyde

Some pictures of Central Station from 1965. http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/destination_board.jpg The destination board had a colour scheme for suburban routes, green for deisels (platforms 4 & 5) and blue for electric trains (platforms 7 &8). http://www.scotcities.com/cathcart/central_os...

Great to see John R's pictures of the façades to West Regent Street & Wellington street In 1872, 3 years before his death, Thomson added the Wellington Street extension to an existing town house fronting West Regent Street. He thereafter occupied offices in the new building. Details can be found...

A few reflections of 2007.

A few drawings of trolleybuses I made many years ago when I was a young anorak! http://www.scotcities.com/tb_1949.jpg B.U.T (TB)trolleybus with original 1949 livery. http://www.scotcities.com/tb_1953.jpg B.U.T (TB)trolleybus with more familiar 1953 livery. http://www.scotcities.com/tg_1953.jpg Guy/ ...

A sneaky look into the Willow Tearooms in Sauchiehall Street at first floor level.

If you compare glasgowken’s picture taken last year with mine taken immediately before the collapse, you will notice that the end bays, nearest West Street, were previously bricked up. Removal of this masonry would surely have weakened the structure? There never seems to have been any framework to r...

“Before and after” photographs of the façade at West Street, which collapsed in September 2007 leading to road closures and traffic disruptions at the southern approaces to the Kingston Bridge. http://www.scotcities.com/before149.jpg http://www.scotcities.com/after154.jpg It seems a strange building...