Thursday, October 26, 2006
Bus Tour of Glasgow - Photo Tour
glasgow college of commerce:

glasgow cathedral:

cathedral square:


high street:


trongate:







the winter gardens:

the people's palace:






the whistlin' kirk - pub named after first church in glasgow to have an organ



scotia bar - oldest in glasgow?


st. enoch centre:

stockwell street into argyle street

-stockwell street - comes from william wallace's war against the english, when they dumped bodies in the well.
-argyle street - named after some lord argyll but when it came to naming the street someone added an "e" by accident and it stuck.
bleak from bus:

same bleak walking past:

italian centre:

italian centre:

banner hanging in george square:


christmas lights - the symbols of the city:

city chambers:


bleak?

bleak:


"the armadillo" concert hall:

science centre:

tall ship:

the rotunda:

-there is one of these on either side of the river clyde, apparently they represent two ends of a tunnel beneath the river, which lowered material up and down using horse power.
arc bridge:

the rotunda again, and in the background, a new bridge across the river, which was built to link one side of the clyde to the new offices of the BBC on the other side.


the goat:

kelvingrove museum:

glasgow univesity/hunterain museum:




glasgow museum of transport:

sauchihall street well, tilted to the right due to subsidance:

cineworld:

-formerly the UGC cinema, one of the tallest cinemas in the world. situated in glasgow's "theatre district".
holiday inn:

-an old merchants house, with a boat on top to represent the connections round the world.
glasgow college of commerce:

glasgow cathedral:

cathedral square:


high street:


trongate:







the winter gardens:

the people's palace:






the whistlin' kirk - pub named after first church in glasgow to have an organ



scotia bar - oldest in glasgow?


st. enoch centre:

stockwell street into argyle street

-stockwell street - comes from william wallace's war against the english, when they dumped bodies in the well.
-argyle street - named after some lord argyll but when it came to naming the street someone added an "e" by accident and it stuck.
bleak from bus:

same bleak walking past:

italian centre:

italian centre:

banner hanging in george square:


christmas lights - the symbols of the city:

city chambers:


bleak?

bleak:


"the armadillo" concert hall:

science centre:

tall ship:

the rotunda:

-there is one of these on either side of the river clyde, apparently they represent two ends of a tunnel beneath the river, which lowered material up and down using horse power.
arc bridge:

the rotunda again, and in the background, a new bridge across the river, which was built to link one side of the clyde to the new offices of the BBC on the other side.


the goat:

kelvingrove museum:

glasgow univesity/hunterain museum:




glasgow museum of transport:

sauchihall street well, tilted to the right due to subsidance:

cineworld:

-formerly the UGC cinema, one of the tallest cinemas in the world. situated in glasgow's "theatre district".
holiday inn:

-an old merchants house, with a boat on top to represent the connections round the world.