Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Moderators: John, Sharon, Fossil, Lucky Poet, crusty_bint, Jazza, dazza

Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby escotregen » Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:37 pm

In the aftermath of the Glasgow School of Art fire, large tracts of Sauchiehall Street as well as Argyle Street now looking seedy and rundown if not actually distressed. Does not bode well for 'retail destination' Glasgow?
escotregen
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1073
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:35 pm
Location: glasgow

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby BTJustice » Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:06 pm

Apart from the area around Buchannan street and the Galleries the town centre has been a bit of a dump the past few years and I dont see it getting any better. People shop at home now or where its convenient. Banning cars from the centre will just drive more people out to shopping centers out of town.
My all new film location website is here;
www.rewoundandfound.com

Check oot ma flickr page;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/route9autos/

For handmade jewellery, go to:
http://www.weegemjo.co.uk
User avatar
BTJustice
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1605
Joined: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:57 pm
Location: Cathcart

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby Vinegar Tom » Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:35 pm

The West end of Suachiehall Street has taken a bit of a pounding sice the fire (and not helped by Glasgow City Council's streetscaping works which coincided). There are a couple of vacant premises in the block next to The Variety Bar and a few more across the road which have been empty long enough to be embarassing.
Glasgow ya bas!
User avatar
Vinegar Tom
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 2403
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:59 pm
Location: Trying to find the exit from Black Mesa

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:54 pm

Apologies for going off on a bit of a tangent, but what was the name of that wee record/DVD shop at the Buchanan Street end of Sauchiehall Street?

The one where you went up a flight of stairs to the sales floor.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
The Creeping Spleen
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1141
Joined: Wed May 22, 2013 5:54 pm
Location: Greenock.

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby Grahame » Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:55 pm

The Creeping Spleen wrote: what was the name of that wee record/DVD shop at the Buchanan Street end of Sauchiehall Street?

Depends on the year. It's been (at various times) HMV, Virgin, Tower and probably some more that I can't remember :wink:
User avatar
Grahame
Second Stripe
Second Stripe
 
Posts: 292
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:33 am
Location: West End

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:43 pm

Twenty years ago? Roughly.

It was next door to a bank as I remember.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
The Creeping Spleen
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1141
Joined: Wed May 22, 2013 5:54 pm
Location: Greenock.

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby Grahame » Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:51 pm

Not sure that we're talking about the same place here. I'm thinking of the big store on the corner just down from the concert hall steps - more on Buchanan Street actually.
User avatar
Grahame
Second Stripe
Second Stripe
 
Posts: 292
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:33 am
Location: West End

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:22 pm

Ok, let's see if I can narrow it down a bit.

Like I say, it was on Sauchiehall Street, on the block between West Nile Street and Renfield Street.

On your left hand side as you're walking towards Buchanan Street.

Next to either a Bank of Scotland or a Royal Bank of Scotland.

You'd walk past it if you didn't already know it was there, the shop itself was up a flight of stairs.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
The Creeping Spleen
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1141
Joined: Wed May 22, 2013 5:54 pm
Location: Greenock.

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby allyharp » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:31 pm

Music Zone will be the one you're looking for. They briefly had a store on Argyle Street in the old Tower Records store too, before closing down almost as soon as it opened when the company went into administration.
Last edited by allyharp on Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
allyharp
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 676
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:00 pm
Location: Bearsden

Re: Sauchiehall Street after GSoA fire.

Postby The Creeping Spleen » Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:35 pm

Music Zone, that's the one. :)

It was a good wee shop as I recall, cheap and cheerful.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
The Creeping Spleen
Third Stripe
Third Stripe
 
Posts: 1141
Joined: Wed May 22, 2013 5:54 pm
Location: Greenock.


Return to Glasgow Chat (Coffee Lounge)

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 36 guests