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I wouldn’t exactly say it’s my favourite building but I like this picture of a wee chunk of original tenement in the Gorbals standing its ground in front of the monstrosity that replaced it

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And the same wee chunk still standing after the monstrosity has gone

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25 minutes ago, The OP said:

I wouldn’t exactly say it’s my favourite building but I like this picture of a wee chunk of original tenement in the Gorbals standing its ground in front of the monstrosity that replaced it

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And the same wee chunk still standing after the monstrosity has gone

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The tenement still looks about 100 times better.

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Always been very fond of Glasgow Central Station
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A hugely underrated station aesthetically. I think possibly it's sheer size works against it in that it's so large in scale that you can't take it all in up close to appreciate it. I was at a wedding there a while back after it's hotel had been renovated and it's great inside.
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We seem to have reached consensus that the McManus is Dundee's standout building.

Glasgow Central is the best major train station in Scotland and maybe only second to St Pancras in the UK unless anyone can direct me to a better looking one?

I love architecture.

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6 minutes ago, Darren said:

We seem to have reached consensus that the McManus is Dundee's standout building.

Glasgow Central is the best major train station in Scotland and maybe only second to St Pancras in the UK unless anyone can direct me to a better looking one?

I love architecture.

Google image Wemyss Bay station.

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On 11/14/2017 at 10:55, KnightswoodBear said:

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Great photo, is there a date on this?  The Crathie Court flats in the top left of the pic were Glasgow's first high rises to be built (1952) and are still standing long after many others have been demolished.

Also being deceived by the height of the photo, makes Thornwood & Partick look totally flat. You can see my house from here etc.

I have a vague memory of the granary mid-demolition containing some humourous graffiti "from" the 1960s about football but I think it was probably added by demolition workers at the time as it was so visible on what would have been an interior wall.

 

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7 hours ago, Marr1 said:

A lot of great shouts in here, big fan of the Railway stations mentioned, hopefully the new Dundee one will be class.

 

Got stuck at Perth for 30 mins once,

 

The Perth-Dundee-Aberdeen side is usual crap, but if you wander round and go into where the Perth-Inverness lines are the architecture is beautiful.

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