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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4h

However, it seems much more likely that this was a conscious design choice to use harder red sandstone on the ground flooor, where most wear was likely to occur, and the softer blonde sandstone above.

#glasgow #architecture #tenement #ibrox #glasgowtenements #architecturephotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4h

Two-tone tenements on Clifford Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. Local legend has it this effect is due to the builders running out of one colour of sandstone and completing the building with another.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4h

Carmunnock Parish Church in Glasgow. Rebuilt in the 1760s, it's possibly based on a pre-reformation religious site. The main entrance is through the small door under the stairs, while the stairs themselves lead up to one of the upper galleries.

#glasgow #carmunnock #church #architecture

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 15h

Tonight's sunset over the tenements of Clarence Drive in the Hyndland area of Glasgow.

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #sunset #glasgowsunset #tenement #glasgowtenements #hyndland #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowatnight #nightphotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 18h

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He does indeed! 👍🙂

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks! 👍🙂

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 18h

An autumnal tree on John Street in the centre of Glasgow, seen through one of the triumphal arches of the City Chambers.

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowcitychambers #tree #autumn #autumnphotography #autumnleaves #autumntrees

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 22h

Traditional sandstone tenements lining Hyndland Road in the West End of Glasgow.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotogtaphy #hyndland #tenement #glasgowtenements #glasgowtoday

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Good question! 😀

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Glasgow. Autumn is well and truly underway in the city, and as you can see from this shot of Kelvin Way this morning, the turning leaves are adding a much needed splash of colour to the rapidly shortening days

#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #autumn #kelvinway #glasgowtoday

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

The Faience Corridor of Glasgow City Chambers. Ten feet wide and one hundred feet long, every inch of its walls and domed ceilings are adorned with glazed decorative ceramic tiles.

#glasgow #glasgowcitychambers #design #ceramics #tiling #faience #architecture #architecturephotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

This plaque has been around for a while, but I passed it a few times while training for last weekend's Great Scottish Run, and it always makes me smile when I do, so I thought I'd post it again. It's on a wall beside the Maryhill Locks in Glasgow.

#glasgow #humour #plaque #glaikit #elephants

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

These buildings were constructed in a variety different styles, mostly over approximately an 80 year period (from the mid-1800s to the 1930s) and yet they still come together to form a single united streetscape that is uniquely Glaswegian.

#glasgow #architecture #streetscape #stvincentstreet

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

The streetscape at the junction of St Vincent Street and Renfield Street in Glasgow, with James Miller's 1920s Modern Classical bank building in the foreground.

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#glasgow #architecture #streetscape #architecturephotography #stvincentstreet #streetphotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

I love this Art Nouveau style peacock stained glass window on Fitzroy Place in Glasgow. The door handle is pretty special, too.

#glasgow #windowswednesday #architecture #stainedglass #artnouveau #peakcock #doorfurniture #architecturephotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

This includesrecessed corner bay windows, a lantern on a feature corner roof, and sweeping curved lines. If we could do this as recently as a couple of decades ago, why are so many new builds in the city now just generic boxes with no local flavour?

#glasgow #architecture

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

Saint Ninian Terrace in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. While this is a relatively new building (dating from the 1990s), it incorporates a number of classic characteristics of Glasgow's traditional architecture.

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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings
#gorbals #architecturephotography

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

Somewhat surprisingly, despite being a strongly Christian society, most architectural sculptures in Victorian Glasgow were instead inspired by other cultures, such as ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Persian, and even northern European pagan mythologies. The exact reasons for this are unclear.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

Attributed by James Young, this is one of the few achitectural sculptures with an overtly biblical inspiration in the city's Victorian financial district.

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#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturalsculptures #victorianglasgow #gordonstreet

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins on the 1890s Standard Buildings on Gordon Street in central Glasgow.

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#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturalsculptures #victorianglasgow #gordonstreet

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

I love the repeating patterns in this 1870s building on the corner of Hope Street and Bothwell Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Peddie and Kinnear, and was originally meant to be the hotel for Central Station.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography #hopestreet

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