The distinctive roof of the former Anderston Kelvingrove Parish Church in Glasgow or, as it is more commonly known locally, the Pyramid. It was designed by Honeyman, Jack and Robertson and was built in the 1960s. It's now a community space.
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More pointy things in Monochrome.
This tower block was demolished over 10 years ago. It used to loom over my flat like a giant shadow in the sky.
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Part of the former Anderston Brass Foundry on Elliot Street in Glasgow. Built with polychromatic brickwork in the 1870s, the arch in the middle of the photo was originally the cart entrance.
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In fact, the three of them all studied architecture at the Glasgow School or Art around the same time, and Gillespie won the Glasgow Institute of Architects prize alongside Mackintosh in 1889.
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While Charles Rennie Mackintosh now gets most of the credit for creating the distinctive Glasgow Style in the late 1800s, James Salmon Jnr and John Gaff Gillespie were just as influential.
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James Salmon Jnr and John Gaff Gillespie's beautiful 1899 Glasgow Style Savings Bank building on Argyle Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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Love the details on the top floor of this corner turret. It's part of James Salmon Jnr and J. Gaff Gillespie's beautiful 1899 Glasgow Style Savings Bank building on Argyle Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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The sign is popular with the local kids, who use it as a meeting place, and for climbing up onto the top of wall which it's attached to.
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The Anderston Sign on William Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow. Created around 2014 as part of a new social housing development, the blue stripe represents the Clyde, while each letter is decorated with a different design linked to the area's heritage.
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It might not seem like much, but it make a big difference to my morning routine of dog walks and school runs.
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Good morning, Glasgow. This was the sunrise over the Anderston Pyramid today at 8:18am. That's almost full half hour earlier than it was just a few weeks ago at the start of January.
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Findlater died in 1839, and was originally buried in Anderston before his remains were moved to Linn Cemetery to make way for the construction of the M8. This memorial stone was erected in 1923 by Glasgow's Sandyford Burns Club.
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This is a memorial to Alexander Findlater, an exciseman who was the friend, supporter, and one-time supervisor of Burns. In particular, Findlater vigouroulsy defended him after his death against charges he was a hopeless drunk.
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As its the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, I thought I'm post one of the surprising number of connections between Burns and Glasgow.
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A gushet tenement at the junction between Argyle Street and Claremont Street in Glasgow, with the traditional ground floor public house. The tenement dates from around 1860, while there's been a pub on this site since at least 1871.
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Festive cranes on a building site in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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The second storey was probably used a tasting room for the firm's clients to allow them to taste the products it dealt in.
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Former Robert Brown and Co building on Washington Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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A makeshift Christmas tree on the top floor of a partially constructed block of flats in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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This saw its population decrease from around 30,000 at its peak to less than 10,000, and only one pre-war building, the rather wonderful Glasgow Style savings bank, survives in this shot.
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An interesting mix of architecture in the Anderston area of Glasgow. The area was decimated by the Anderston Comprehensive Development Area in the 1960s.
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It's a brief walk up from #Scotrail Anderston train station.
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A very late season sunflower bringing a splash of colour to the streets in the Anderston Green Spaces plot on William Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow.
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Most of the other blocks of flats built in Anderston as part of this grand plan have since been demolished and replaced with modern versions of the traditional sandstone tenements they themselves replaced.
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Night time at the St Vincent Terrace flats in Glasgow. These flats were in the late 1960s as part of the Anderston Comprehensive Development Area.
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It was originally occupied by John Houldsworth, a merchant and cotton-spinner. Houldsworth was also the last Provost of the burgh of Anderston before it was absorbed into Glasgow in 1846.
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A French Renaissance style early Victorian townhouse on Park Terrace in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Charles Wilson, it was buit in 1855 as Glasgow expanded westward.
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Georgian Townhouses on Newton Place in the West End of Glasgow. Built in 1837, they were designed by George Smith. The street was originally called Caledonia Place.
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Andy Scott's statue of Charles Rennie Mackintosh on Argyle Street in the Anderston area of Glasgow glowing golden in last rays of this evening's setting sun.
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Looking up at the inside of the iconic Anderston Pyramid in Glasgow. It turns out it's just as unique on the inside as it is on the outside!
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