Blonde sandstone tenements on the corner of Saltmarket and Parnie Street in central Glasgow.

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Love this new mural on the Fish Plaice just off Saltmarket in Glasgow, especially the tag line - it's very much in keeping with the Glaswegian sense of humour.

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Simplified Scots Renaissance style tenements on Saltmarket in Glasgow. Designed by J.J. Burnet, it was built in 1899 for the Caledonain Railway Company, and the block includes a ventilation shaft for the railway tunnel which runs beneath it.

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The remains of the railway viaduct running parallel to Osborne Street in Glasgow. This once carried trains from Bellgrove in the east end to the grand Saint Enoch Station in the city centre.

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1880s tenement on Saltmarket in central Glasgow, designed to look like a 17th Century Scottish building.

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Designed by John Carrick, these were the first constructed by the City Improvement Trust. I just love the crow-stepped gables leading up to the chimneys.

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Scottish 17th Century style tenements on the corner of Steel Street and Saltmarket. Despite their appearance, they weren't built until 1887.

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The rest of Millar's Place was renamed Saltmarket Place. This was presumably associated with the development of the railway line which crossed over it on a viaduct constructed as part of the City of Glasgow Union Bridge to its south.

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The building in the middle of this photograph of Saltmarket in Glasgow at first glance looks very similar to the neighbouring late 19th Century tenements, but it's actually a relatively new one designed to blend in with its surroundings.

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Such areas behind blocks of tenements were common throughout Glasgow and while some just contained a communal wash house, outside toilet, and drying greens, others held workshops, small businesses, churches and even cinemas.

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1880s tenement on Saltmarket in central Glasgow, designed to look like a 17th Century Scottish building. The pend in the middle of the ground floor leads through to the back court.

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It's really quite a dramatic change, but shows that the City Improvement Trust seem to have selected a style for their new buildings that at least tried to tie in with the architecture it was replacing.

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This is very different from the current Saltmarket cityscape, which is dominated by Scottish 17th Century style tenements erected by the City Improvement Trust in the 1880s and 1890s (on the right).

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I was flicking through a copy of Bygone Glasgow, published in 1896, and came across this sketch of what is described a 'close in Saltmarket' from 1874 (on the left).

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The hexastyle portico of the 1807 Justiciary Court building on Saltmarket in Glasgow as seen through the MacLennan Arch on Glasgow Green.

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The Old Ship Bank Building on the corner of Saltmarket and Bridgegate in Glasgow. Built in 1904, it's named after the Ship Bank, which first opened on this site in 1750.

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Love this red sandstone temenent on Saltmarket in central Glasgow. Built by the Office of Public Works in 1905, the details on the twin columns of bay windows really help it stand out, especially the little peak at the top.

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The tenements lining Saltmarket in central Glasgow looking rather stunning in today's sunshine. Designed in a Scottish 17th Century style, they were built around 1890.

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This, it seems, has resulted in a sculpted Glasgow Coat of Arms on the gable of the neighbouring tenement almost becoming obscured. Or maybe it was always intended to primarily be seen from the railway line.

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Love this little Scots Baronial style building on Saltmarket in Glasgow. Built in 1896, it has been squeezed in between the existing tenement on the left and what is a raised railway line leading down to the City of Glasgow Union Bridge.

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William Stark's 1814 Hexastyle Portico on the Justiciary Buildings on Saltmarket in Glasgow. A Hexastyle Portico is one supported by six columns and originates from Greek Doric architecture.

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