Glasgow's vibrant city centre lies north of the River Clyde. Its heart is George Square, a 19th-century municipal showpiece crowned by the City Chambers. Glasgow's commercial centre spreads west of George Square, and is mostly built on a large grid system of roads lined by grand Victorian buildings and modern skyscrapers.
The city centre offers some of the best shopping experiences outside of London, arranged along the interlinked and mostly pedestrianised thoroughfares of Argyle Street, Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street. The large contemporary mall Buchanan Galleries is close to Princes Square, one of the most stylish shopping centres in the country. There is a wonderful array of restaurants and cafes in the city centre, while major cultural offerings include the Gallery of Modern Art , the showpiece Royal Concert Hall and the Theatre Royal.
Also worth exploring is the Merchant City whose 18th-century warehouses once bustled with cotton, tobacco and sugar traders. In the past two decades, the area has been regenerated with expensive designer shops, style bars and bijou cafes that give the Merchant City an air of sophistication.
These contain all the high street names you might expect in a large cosmopolitan UK city. There are also two more upmarket shopping centres, which are Princes Square and the Italian Centre, both of which specialise in designer labels, although Princes Square also contains a number of great restaurants and bars. The main entrance to Princes Square is also on Buchanan Street. All three streets together make up around two and a half miles approx.
Just beside the Buchanan Galleries, on the corner of Renfrew St and Renfield St is the worlds tallest cinema, the eighteen-screen Cineworld.
With its recently redefined boundaries, this is one of the oldest parts of Glasgow, and for centuries was the home of monks and merchants. This area was once endowed with rose gardens and orangeries, but as the wealth of the city of Glasgow developed during and after the Industrial Revolution, so did the Merchant City. The original medieval centre was left behind, and the Merchant City became a place for the wealthy merchants to enjoy.
The city became very run-down during the war, and coupled with high levels of pollution up to the late s, the Merchant City became far less popular. In the s the regeneration of the city and great amounts of investment resulted in a revival of the Merchant City.
Artists began to colonise the area, making use of the run-down workshops and empty shop units; empty merchants houses became hotels and eateries e. These venues once again became popular, and still are among the theatre-going and music-loving audiences of the city. Warehouses were converted into luxury city centre apartments and the old Merchant City gave rise to the new, trendy, upmarket Merchant City.
Art galleries, workshops, artists studios, theatres and concert venues are abundant in the Merchant City. Home to a large number of high end boutique style shops, and many upmarket stores, this area of the city has once again returned to its status of wealth. Not just a cultural centre though, the Merchant City is also a hive of activity when it comes to the culinary arts. The financial district lies on the western edge of Glasgow city centre, emcompassing both Blythswood Hill and Anderston.
Since the s the IFSD has grown substantially, with new and modern office blocks still being developed today. Glasgow is now reknowned as an established financial services centre, and continues to attract and grow new business. A number of the UKs and foremost banking companies have also relocated some of their services to commercial property in Glasgow. Many other important financial institutions also have bases, headquarters or head offices within the Glasgow financial district.
Our website uses cookies to provide you the best experience. However, by continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of cookies. For more information, read our Cookie Policy. Heraldry The City of Glasgow did not have a coat of arms until the middle of the 19th century — in — when the Lord Lyon King at Arms gave approval for one which had been used on official seals up until then. It is also a major tourist destination, possessing some of the finest architecture in Britain and hosting a variety of cultural events and attractions.
The city occupies both banks of the Clyde about 32 km east of the river's mouth on the Firth of Clyde. It covers an area of some sq km, at the centre of the historical region of Strathclyde. As with our previous views of major cities; the aim with this article is to show the differences Glasgow has experienced with the Landsat 5 and 8 images acquired in and used as reference.
In the comparison, it is possible to see the development of the city, particularly in the suburbs and along the banks of the River Clyde.
Another aim of these images is to promote the opportunity to download Landsat data through the ESA portals, where images captured every day are made available in near real time to the users and the scientific community. View large format slider. Glasgow, United Kingdom. More information is available on Wikipedia Glasgow.
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