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...
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...
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...
36 Bothwell Street – 1935
Photo (C5498): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
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...
21 Minard Rd – 1936
Photo (C6469): Sourced from Virtual Mitchell and reproduced with the kind permission of Glasgow City Archives.
St Andrew’s-by-the-Green, 1973
St Andrew's-by-the-Green snapped by Duncan McCallum AKA Streapadair in March 1973. It was built as an Episcopalian Church between 1750-52 & was designed by Presbyterian Andrew Hunter who was excommunicated for his efforts. Happily...
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...
Corona Bar – 1970s
The ornate exterior of the Corona bar will be familiar to most South Siders. It was built in 1912-13 by Clarke & Bell & J.H. Craigie for well known Glasgow publican James O'Malley at...
