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Josef wrote:When did the unfinished cycle route take over the title of 'Bridge to nowhere'?
That's the Charing Cross bridge, whether or not it has subsequently been built on.
I'd put that into the same category as the Subway being referred to as the 'Clockwork Orange'.
urbainespion wrote:Josef wrote:When did the unfinished cycle route take over the title of 'Bridge to nowhere'?
That's the Charing Cross bridge, whether or not it has subsequently been built on.
I'd put that into the same category as the Subway being referred to as the 'Clockwork Orange'.
It's a colloquialism. The 'Charing Cross Podium' is the official title of the first bridge. It's in a similar vein to the Stobcross Crane being called the Finnieston Crane.
Josef wrote:When did the unfinished cycle route take over the title of 'Bridge to nowhere'?
That's the Charing Cross bridge, whether or not it has subsequently been built on.
I'd put that into the same category as the Subway being referred to as the 'Clockwork Orange'.
The Egg Man wrote:Josef wrote:When did the unfinished cycle route take over the title of 'Bridge to nowhere'?
That's the Charing Cross bridge, whether or not it has subsequently been built on.
I'd put that into the same category as the Subway being referred to as the 'Clockwork Orange'.
I don't think any sort of urban cycle route network as we know it now was in mind when the bridge, the one behind the flats behind what was the the Buttery was started but not completed.
When the possibility of Sustrans dosh came along the Bridge to Nowhere tag was a good marketing ploy for Glasgow's bid for the money. It's always been known locally as the Bridge to Nowhere and it became a point of local particularly when the Margaret Blackwood Housing Association opened their flats, designed and adapted to suit wheelchair users, on Argyle St between the TSB building and the Buttery.
bAzTNM wrote:The one at Waterloo Street is always crawling with smackheads. Tried to take a few photos one Sunday morning. Was particular nervous doing so. They all seem to be coming out of the shops (well it looks like shops) area.
yoker brian wrote:bAzTNM wrote:The one at Waterloo Street is always crawling with smackheads. Tried to take a few photos one Sunday morning. Was particular nervous doing so. They all seem to be coming out of the shops (well it looks like shops) area.
Do you ever get out around the city without seeing raving loonies, junkies, hermits or crazy Chinese triad types?
You could write for the Daily Mail.
bAzTNM wrote:The one at Waterloo Street is always crawling with smackheads. Tried to take a few photos one Sunday morning. Was particular nervous doing so. They all seem to be coming out of the shops (well it looks like shops) area.
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