68-74 Buchanan Street – 1938
Photo (C5620): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
With something as substantial as a building you'd think there will always be plenty of evidence as to its...
5 Bridge St/15 Carlton Court – 1940s
You've probably passed this Art Deco corner a hundred times and never given it much thought. Perhaps its location, right next to the Georgian grandeur of Carlton Place, means that it's often overlooked.
It was...
Christian Institute, Bothwell Street (Various)
Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of Stuart Neville - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stunev4/
Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of Stuart Neville - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stunev4/
Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of Stuart Neville - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stunev4/
The fantastical Christian Institute building...
42 Miller Street – The Tobacco Merchant’s House – 1909
Photo (C1761): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
This 18th century tobacco merchant's villa had recently had that ugly mansard roof added when this photograph was...
White Elephant Cinema, 42 Kilmarnock Rd – c1950
Photo: The Herald
The White Elephant cinema was designed by architect Harry Barnes and opened its doors in 1927. It was commissioned by renowned showman and eccentric A.E. Pickard, father of the Britannia Panopticon music...
Eglinton Arms, Eaglesham – Late 1800s
Photo: Eaglesham History Society
The village of Eaglesham is situated in East Renfrewshire, about eight miles south of Glasgow. In 2011 the population of Eaglesham was 3,114.
At the heart of this beautiful place is the 18th...
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Bothwell Street – 1935
Photo (C5513): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
A solitary policeman directs non-existent traffic in this c1935 view of James Miller's 1934 Commercial Bank of Scotland. These...
1 Kilmarnock Rd – 1933
Photo (C5105): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
Shawlands Cross (Crossmyloof Mansions) – c1900
A view looking south west to Shawlands Cross. The distinctive wedge shape of Crossmyloof Mansions at the junction of Kilmarnock and Pollokshaws Roads is a familiar sight to most South Siders, not least because...
