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Dating in Glasgow
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such we are able to offer you the chance to date Glasgow
single men and women,
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About Glasgow.
Glasgow was historically based around Glasgow
Cathedral, the old High Street and down to the River Clyde via
Glasgow Cross. The boundaries of Glasgow have changed on several
occasions for political purposes, with many places that view
themselves as part of Glasgow falling out with the Glasgow City
local authority created in 1996. For further information on what
places are within the city council area and those that lie out with
but are included in other definitions of Glasgow, see the List of
places in Glasgow page.
City centre
The city centre is bounded by the High Street to the east, the River
Clyde to the south and the M8 motorway to the west and north which
was built through the Townhead, Charing Cross, Cowcaddens and
Anderston areas in the 1960s.
Retail and theatre district
Looking down Buchannan Street towards St. Enoch subway station.The
city centre is based on a grid system of streets, similar to that of
Barcelona or American cities, on the north bank of the River Clyde.
The heart of the city is George Square, site of many of Glasgow's
public statues and the elaborate Victorian Glasgow City Chambers,
headquarters of Glasgow City Council. To the south and west are the
shopping precincts of Argyle Street, Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan
Street, the latter featuring more upmarket retailers and winner of
the Academy of Urbanism 'Great Street Award' 2008. The main shopping
centres are Buchanan Galleries and the St. Enoch Centre, with the
up-market Princes Square and the Italian Centre specialising in
designer labels. The London-based department store Selfridges has
purchased a potential development site in the city and another
upmarket retail chain Harvey Nichols is also thought to be planning
a store in the city, further strengthening Glasgow's retail
portfolio, which forms the UK's second largest and most economically
important retail sector after Central London.
The city centre is home to most of Glasgow's main cultural venues:
The Theatre Royal (home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet), The
Pavilion, The King's Theatre, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Film Theatre, Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Mitchell Library, the
Centre for Contemporary Arts, McLellan Galleries and The Lighthouse
Museum of Architecture, Design and the City. The world's tallest
cinema, the eighteen-screen Cineworld is situated on Renfrew Street.
The city centre is also home to four of Glasgow's higher education
institutions: The University of Strathclyde, The Royal Scottish
Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow
Caledonian University.
Merchant City
The Steeple dominates Glasgow Cross
and marks the east side of the Merchant City.To the east is the
commercial and residential district of Merchant City. The Merchant
City was formerly the residential district of the wealthy city
merchants in the 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly the
Tobacco Lords from whom many of the streets take their name. As the
Industrial Revolution and the wealth it brought to the city resulted
in the expansion of Glasgow's central area westward, the original
medieval centre was left behind. Glasgow Cross, situated at the
junction of High Street, Gallowgate, Trongate and Saltmarket was the
original centre of the city, symbolised by its Mercat cross. Glasgow
Cross encompasses the Tolbooth Clock Tower; all that remains of the
original City Chambers, which was destroyed by fire in 1926. Moving
northward up High Street towards Rottenrow and Townhead lies the
15th century Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship. Due to
growing industrial pollution levels in the mid to late 19th century,
the area fell out of favour with residents.
From the late 1980s
onwards, the Merchant City has been rejuvenated with luxury city
centre apartments and warehouse conversions. This regeneration has
supported an increasing number of cafés and restaurants. The area is
also home to a number of high end boutique style shops and some of
Glasgow's most upmarket stores.
The Merchant City is the centre of Glasgow's growing 'cultural
quarter', based around King Street, the Saltmarket and Trongate, and
at the heart of the annual Merchant City Festival. The area has
supported a huge growth in art galleries, the origins of which can
be found in the late 80s when it attracted artist-led organisations
that could afford the cheap rents required to operate in vacant
manufacturing or retail spaces. The artistic and cultural potential
of the Merchant City as a 'cultural quarter' was harnessed by
independent arts organisations and Glasgow City Council, and the
recent development of Trongate 103, which houses galleries,
workshops, artist studios and production spaces, is considered a
major outcome of the continued partnership between both. The area
also contains a number of theatres and concert venues, including the
Tron Theatre, the Old Fruitmarket, the Trades Hall, St. Andrews in
the Square, Merchant Square, and the City Halls.
A large part of Glasgow's LGBT scene is located within the Merchant
City. This includes many clubs, and the UK gay chain store Clone
Zone, along with a couple of saunas. Recently the city council
defined (and perhaps expanded) the area known as Merchant City as
far west as Buchanan Street, marking these boundaries with new,
highly stylised metal signage.
Financial district
To the western edge of
the city centre, occupying the areas of Blythswood Hill and
Anderston, lies Glasgow's financial district, known officially as
the International Financial Services District (IFSD), although often
irreverently nicknamed by the contemporary press as the "square
kilometre" or "Wall Street on Clyde". Since the late 1980s the
construction of many modern office blocks, a trend which continues
into the 21st century with a new wave of high rise developments
currently on the drawing board, has enabled the IFSD to become the
third largest financial quarter[citation needed] in the UK after the
City of London and Edinburgh. With a reputation as an established
financial services centre, coupled with comprehensive support
services, Glasgow continues to attract and grow new business.
West End
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is Glasgow's premier museum and
art gallery, housing one of Europe's great civic art
collections.Glasgow's West End refers to the bohemian district of
cafés, tea rooms, bars, boutiques, upmarket hotels, clubs and
restaurants in the hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the University of
Glasgow, Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Scottish Exhibition and
Conference Centre. The area's main thoroughfare is Byres Road and
one of its most popular destinations is Ashton Lane.
The West End includes residential areas of Hillhead, Dowanhill,
Kelvingrove, Kelvinside, Hyndland, and, to an increasing extent,
Partick. However, the name is increasingly being used to refer to
any area to the west of Charing Cross. This includes areas such as
Scotstoun, Jordanhill, Kelvindale and Anniesland.
The West End is bisected by the River Kelvin which flows from the
Kilsyth Hills in the North and empties into the River Clyde at
Yorkhill Basin.
The spire of Sir George Gilbert Scott's Glasgow University main
building (the second largest Gothic Revival building in Britain) is
a major local landmark, and can be seen from miles around, sitting
atop Gilmorehill. The university itself is the fourth oldest in the
English-speaking world. Much of the city's student population is
based in the West End, adding to its cultural vibrancy.
The area is also home to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum,
Hunterian Museum, Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Henry Wood
Hall (home of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra) and the Museum
of Transport, which is to be rebuilt on a former dockland site at
Glasgow Harbour to a design by Zaha Hadid. The West End Festival,
one of Glasgow's largest festivals, is held annually in June.
Glasgow is the home of the SECC, the United Kingdom's largest
exhibition and conference centre. A major expansion of the SECC
facilities at the former Queen's Dock by Foster and Partners is
currently planned, including a 12,000 seat arena, and a 5 star hotel
and entertainments complex.
East End
The East End extends from
Glasgow Cross in the City Centre to the boundary with North and
South Lanarkshire. It is home to the famous Glasgow Barrowland
Market, popularly known as 'The Barras', Barrowland Ballroom,
Glasgow Green, and Celtic Park, home of Celtic F.C.. Many of the
original sandstone tenements remain in this district. The East End
in contrast to the West End, includes some of the most deprived
areas in the UK. The Glasgow Necropolis Cemetery was created on a
hill above the Cathedral of Saint Mungo in 1831. Routes curve
through the landscape uphill to the 62-metre (203 ft) high statue of
John Knox at the summit.
There are two late 18th century tenements in Gallowgate. Dating from
1771 and 1780, both have been well restored. The construction of
Charlotte Street was financed by David Dale, whose former
pretensions can be gauged by the one remaining house, now run by the
National Trust for Scotland. Further along Charlotte Street there
stands a modern Gillespie, Kidd & Coia building of some note. Once a
school, it has been converted into offices. Surrounding these
buildings are a series of innovative housing developments conceived
as 'Homes for the Future', part of a project during the city's year
as UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999.
The extensive Tollcross Park was originally developed from the
estate of James Dunlop, the owner of a local steelworks. His large
baronial mansion was built in 1848 by David Bryce, which later
housed the city's Children's Museum until the 1980s. Today, the
mansion is a sheltered housing complex.
The new Scottish National Indoor Sports Arena, a modern replacement
for the Kelvin Hall, is planned for Dalmarnock. The area will also
be the site of the Athletes' Village for the 2014 Commonwealth
Games, located adjacent to the new indoor sports arena.
To the north of the East End lie the two massive gasometers of
Provan Gas Works, which stand overlooking Alexandra Park and a major
interchange between the M8 and M80 motorways. Often used for
displaying large city advertising slogans, the towers have become an
unofficial portal into the city for road users arriving from the
north and east.
South Side
House for an Art Lover is situated in Bellahouston Park,
Glasgow.Glasgow's South Side sprawls out south of the Clyde,
covering areas including Gorbals, Govan, Ibrox, Shawlands, Simshill,
Strathbungo, Cardonald, Mount Florida, Pollokshaws, Nitshill,
Pollokshields, Battlefield, Langside, Govanhill, Crosshill, Cessnock,
Mosspark, Kinning Park, Mansewood, Arden, Darnley, Newlands,
Deaconsbank, Pollok, Croftfoot, Castlemilk, King's Park, Cathcart,
Muirend and Barrhead, Busby, Clarkston, Giffnock, Thornliebank,
Netherlee, and Newton Mearns in the East Renfrewshire council area,
as well as Cambuslang, East Kilbride, and Rutherglen in the South
Lanarkshire council area.
Although
predominantly residential, the area does have several notable public
buildings including, Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Scotland Street
School Museum and House for an Art Lover; the world famous Burrell
Collection in Pollok Country Park; Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's
Holmwood House villa; the National Football Stadium Hampden Park in
Mount Florida, (home of Queens Park F.C.) and Ibrox Stadium, (home
of Rangers F.C.).
The former docklands site at Pacific Quay on the south
bank of the River Clyde, opposite the SECC, is the site of the
Glasgow Science Centre and the new headquarters for BBC Scotland and
STV Group plc (owner of STV) which have relocated there to a new
purpose built digital media campus.
In addition, several new bridges spanning the River Clyde have been
built or are currently planned, including the Clyde Arc at Pacific
Quay and others at Tradeston and Springfield Quay.
The South Side also includes many great parks, including Linn Park,
Queen's Park, Bellahouston Park and Rouken Glen Park, and several
golf clubs, including the championship course at Haggs Castle. The
South Side is also home to Pollok Country Park, which was awarded
the accolade of Europe's Best Park 2008. Pollok Park is Glasgow’s
largest park and the only country park within the city boundaries.
It is also home to Pollok Cricket Club.
Govan is a district and former burgh in the south-western part of
the city. It is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde,
opposite Partick. It was an administratively independent Police
Burgh from 1864 until it was incorporated into the expanding city of
Glasgow in 1912. Govan has a legacy as an engineering and
shipbuilding centre of international repute and is home to one of
two BVT Surface Fleet shipyards on the River Clyde and the precision
engineering firm, Thales Optronics. It is also home to the Southern
General Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the
country, and the maintenance depot for the Glasgow Subway system.
North Glasgow
North Glasgow extends out from the north of the city centre towards
the affluent suburbs of Bearsden, Milngavie and Bishopbriggs in East
Dunbartonshire and Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire. However, the
area also contains some of the city's poorest residential areas.
Possilpark is one such area, where levels of unemployment and drug
abuse continue to be above the national average. Much of the housing
in areas such as Possilpark and Hamiltonhill had fallen into a state
of disrepair in recent years. This has led to large scale
redevelopment of much of the poorer housing stock in north Glasgow,
and the wider regeneration of many areas, such as Ruchill, which
have been transformed; many run-down tenements have now been
refurbished or replaced by modern housing estates. Much of the
housing stock in north Glasgow is rented social housing, with a high
proportion of high-rise tower blocks, managed by the Glasgow Housing
Association.
Not all areas of north Glasgow are of this nature however.
Maryhill for example, consists of well maintained traditional
sandstone tenements. Although historically a working class area, its
borders with the upmarket West End of the city mean that it is
relatively wealthy compared to the rest of the north of the city,
containing affluent areas such as Maryhill Park and North Kelvinside.
Maryhill is also home to Firhill Stadium, home of Partick Thistle FC
since 1909, and briefly the professional Rugby Union team, Glasgow
Warriors. The junior team, Maryhill F.C. are also located in this
part of north Glasgow.
The Forth and Clyde Canal passes through this part of the city, and
at one stage formed a vital part of the local economy. It was for
many years polluted and largely unused after the decline of heavy
industry, but recent efforts to regenerate and re-open the canal to
navigation have seen it rejuvenated.
A huge part of the economic life of Glasgow was once located in
Springburn, where the engineering works of firms like Charles
Tennant and locomotive workshops employed many Glaswegians. Indeed,
Glasgow dominated this type of manufacturing, with 25% of all the
world’s locomotives being built in the area at one stage. It was
home to the headquarters of the North British Locomotive Company.
Today the French engineering group Alstom's railway maintenance
facility in the area is all that is left of the industry in
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