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Glasgow, United Kingdom

Unfolding Argyle Street

Unfolding Argyle Street

Glasgow, United Kingdom Arts, History Free
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22 tour stops

1

Glasgow Cross, facing Mercat Building

Welcome; railway; ring road; sandstone

11 min
2

Corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street

Datemarks and details

6 min
3

North side of T'gate, facing Mitchell's Amusements

The Wonder of the Panopticon

4 min
4

North side of Trongate facing Jimborree

Two neglected gems

3 min
5

North side of Trongate outside Cafe Nero

How could they?; Cinema City

5 min
6

Corner of Argyle St & Miller St (outside TK Maxx)

A sandstone safari

3 min
7

South side of Argyle St outside Phones & Gadgets

A magical conversion; another Argyle Street, another St Enoch's

5 min
8

Corner of Argyle St and Buchanan St, outside HSBC

A stain on the city; and Stewart & McDonald's

3 min
9

North Side of Argyle Street outside Timpson's

A stern stone face and some sumptuous details

2 min
10

South side of Argyle Street outside Pizza Hut

Boots, bingo

2 min
11

South side of Argyle Street outside McDonald's

Bon Jovi, Grahamston, this place was a zoo!

5 min
12

Oswald Street outside Ivory Black's

Ghost sign

2 min
13

Oswald Street alley, across from NCP car park

A glimpse at Old Glasgow

3 min
14

Robertson Street next to the Radisson

Stone and brick, enjoy it while you can

2 min
15

Argyle Street outside Thai Orchid

What Everyone Didn't Want

3 min
16

Corner of James Watt Street

Walls of warehouses

2 min
17

James Watt St at sign for BT Alexander Bain House

A Glasgow Goliath

4 min
18

Brown Street at Crimea Street

A tucked-away marvel

2 min
19

Corner of Argyle Street and Brown Street

Late '60s Leviathan

3 min
20

Bus stop on Waterloo Street

The Anderston Complex

4 min
21

Traffic Lights on Waterloo Street

Bridge and Tunnel

5 min
22

Anderston Footbridge

The motorway and the end

6 min

Overview

Unfolding Argyle Street offers a reintroduction to the city-centre portion of one of Glasgow's longest and most varied streets, concentrating on the lesser-known, the overlooked, and paths untaken, complemented by untold stories from New Glasgow Society archives! From Glasgow Cross to the M8, in collaboration with Glasgow Gander Walking Tours, encounter a half-realised Brutalist Megastructure, a full-size stone rendering of Britain’s largest land animal, some elusive glimpses into fast-disappearing old Glasgow, and a density and quality of city trivia which is bound to please!

Itinerary 2.6 km / 1:45

Offline map included

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