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streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

Ingram St west from Albion St. July 1973

Ingram St, south side east of Candleriggs. All gone. July 1973

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

Albion St from Bell St. April 1973

Corner of Virginia St and Virginia Place. c1800 town house, now a car park. September 1973

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject:

Virginia St, west side. May 1974

Candleriggs. April 1974

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject:

Candleriggs, west side south of Ingram St. September 1973

Candleriggs, west side. The low block, which looks like a missing tooth, has been sympathetically raised to roughly the level of its neighbours. September 1973

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject:

Brunswick St, west side south of Wilson St. The nearest and furthest buildings are still there, but not the ones between. October 1973

Argyle St, south side at Stockwell St. May 1974

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject:

Argyle St, almost opposite Virginia St. Another of the 1790ish houses. Someone in the planning department must have had a grudge against them. September 1973

From another angle. May 1974

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject:

North Drive at St Enoch Square. I think the hotel had only closed only recently. May 1974

The hotel lay empty for three years (urban exploration nirvana?) before demolition, but it was 1985 before it was decided that what the city really needed was a monstrous glasshouse.

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject:

The famous ‘boon and a blessing’ sign is partly obscured by a railing.

St Enoch Square, west side. May 1974

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

Howard St, south side at the Square. May 1974

This gloomy arcade with its massive pillars carried an extension to the station over the Howard St pavement.

streapadair · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

Former United Presbyterian church on the south side of Howard St, a little west of Dunlop St. September 1973

Argyle St, south side east of Robertson St. A little different now - Radisson SAS. July 1975