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BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:15 pmby mrsam
BBC Building 19-11-08
(Sorry Mods Please move/mutilate as you see fit if this is in the wrong place.....)
Mr Sam
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:40 amby big jim
sad sight aint it
drove past the other day thinking it will look worse when its a hotel or what ever they are doing with it
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:54 amby Digitographer
Can you get inside the building? I'd love to have a peek around in there.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:46 amby shuffle
What would you prefer it to be converted in to?
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:50 pmby mr moto
I have not been over that way in a while , are the gates still there ?
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:16 pmby Mori
I think the stone pillars, gates and railings around the boundary area are all listed Moto, at least thats what i was told when i worked there for a while.
I havent been over to QMD for a while myself, need to take a trip up somtime to see what the progress is.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:55 pmby Roxburgh
I understand that there is a Charles Rennie MacIntosh feature in the main building which would mean that it is listed.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:17 pmby Mori
The top right image shows the gates as being removed from the new development, so maybe the boundary is not listed.
Images from
http://www.futureglasgow.co.uk/
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:19 pmby Digitographer
That's a lot of flats - I hadn't realised the grounds were quite so extensive.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:08 pmby Mark N
But will there be anyone left with money to buy them ?
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:10 pmby Josef
Mark N wrote:But will there be anyone left with money to buy them ?
Aye, Jonathon Ross.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:16 pmby Mori
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:54 pmby Roxburgh
My Gran used to live at 63 Hamilton Drive right opposite the Beeb. It is a great site for a development and, the main building apart, what was there is not very nice. I would like to see the main building as a quality boutique hotel. I think it would enhance the area, bring visitors into the Wesrt End and be generally good for the local economy.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:28 pmby jack_parlabane
Roxburgh wrote:I understand that there is a Charles Rennie MacIntosh feature in the main building which would mean that it is listed.
At the centre of the origional pic you can see the MacIntosh building. It used to form a wee court yard behind the old reception which has now been demolished.
Re: BBC Queen Margaret Drive
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:56 pmby br-cmr
A few months ago I had the opportunity for a wander around the BBC buildings - this was after the auction (so all the good stuff had gone!), but before the bulldozers. Nevertheless, we collected some useful bits and pieces for the radio station.
It was quite a sad occasion...
