https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113674744350306853 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The @glasgowpenguins are putting on a fine dispaly for Christmas this year. Well worth checking out if you're around the West End. For those who don't already know, they can be found on the Kelvin Walkway near the old North Woodside Flint Mill.
#glasgow #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #penguins #xmas #xmas2024
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113663395104650556 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Love this bit of ceramic street art on a wall on Cathedral Street behind Queen Street Station. It's by the artist Louise McVey and it's called Possibilities Tree.
The freezing weather last week disrupted #Glasgow's #electric #buses, causing their batteries to drain faster than usual, and leaving people stranded during their commute.
Some of First Bus’s double-deckers were halted mid-journey due to the freezing temperatures.
I've less confidence in battery powered airliners. It's a bit chilly at altitude.
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/110898225182108051 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Anyone fancy dinner round at the MacKintosh's?
The preserved dining room of the house where Charles Rennie MacKintosh and Margaret MacDonald lived in the west end of Glasgow.
What always strikes me when I visit this house is how modern the interior feels, even a century after it was created
#glasgow #design #glasgowstyle #charlesrenniemackintosh #margaretmacdonald
colin mearns on X: "A squirrel eats a croissant while sitting in a tree on Gray Street in the West End of Glasgow, Wednesday 11th December 2024. Photographed for @heraldscotland & @Glasgow_Times #Glasgow https://t.co/jQsTuonUYv" / X
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https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113640990881762953 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The entrance to the City Chambers on George Square in Glasgow decorated for Christmas 2023. When I was a kid, going along to see the lights on George square was one of my favourite things to do. That and going to the Carnival at the Kelvin Hall.
#glasgow #architecture #citychambers #glasgowcitychambers #christmas #christmaslights #georgesquare
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113633131786984189 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - One last photo of yesterday's rather magnificent Glasgow sunrise, just before the fog rolled in. It looks like it may well be just as foggy today.
#glasgow #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #riversidemuseum #theclyde #tallship
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113567494890496463 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - I love the inscription around this old door bell on a rather grand townhouse in the West End of Glasgow. Apparently, this was once a common feature of door bells, and was even parodied by A.A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh. However, this is the only surviving example I've ever come across in Glasgow.
#glasgow #doorbell #glasgowestend #doorfurniture #oldglasgow #glasgowhistory
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113556591682851044 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The Rocket Man at Lambhill Stables in the north of Glasgow. It was creates from scrap metal by Steve Keniry and Billy Lafferty. It's made from 7 gas bottles, 6 beer barrels, 1 compressor tank and several kilos of stainless and mila steel.
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113528456342071245 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Love the little crocodiles in the canopy of the Govan Cross Fountain in Glasgow. Made at the Denny Iron Works in 1884 by Cruikshanks and Company, it's dedicated to John Aitkin, the first medical officer of health for the Burgh of Govan. This drinking fountain is not unique in having crocodiles in its canopy, and identical crocs can be found in at least two other Glasgow drinking fountains.
#glasgow #architecture #ironwork #crocodile #metalwork #drinkingfountain #govan #govancross
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113527507229193123 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Zana Hadid's Riverside Museum in Glasgow from a slightly different angle than you may have seen it before. Made of three interconnected waveforms, its shape appears to change dramatically depending on your point of view.
#glasgow #architecture #zanahadid #riversidemuseum #glasgowbuildings #modernarchitecture #buildingphotography #architecturephotography
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113494335981568885 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - A beautifully carved phoenix above flaming torches on the facade of the former Southern District Fire Station on Wallace Street in Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #phoenix #firetstation #publicart #glasgowbuildings #tradeston
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113464488789382085 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - A selection of Glasgow's amazing Art Deco cinemas. Top left: The 1939 Ascot Cinema, Great Western Road; Top right: The 1920 New Bedford Cinema, Eglinton Street; Middle left: The 1938 Riddrie Cinema, Cumbernauld Road; Middle right: The 1933 Mecca, Balmore Road; Bottom left: The 1938 Lyceum, Govan Road; Bottom right: The 1934 Odeon, Renfield Street.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #artdeco #cinema #oldcinemas #artdecocinema #artdecoarchitecture
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113465368987231064 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Love this sculpture on the Wallace Street facade of the former Southern District Fire Station in Glasgow. This building was designed by A.B. MacDonald and was constructed in the 1910s.
#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #glasgowbuildings #firestation #oldfirestation
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113460596890993824 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The Scotia on Stockwell Street in Glasgow. Established in 1792, it's one of the strongest contenders for the title of the city's oldest surviving pub.
#glasgow #glasgowpubs #thescotia #glasgowhistory #glasgowbuildings
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113455266519741271 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Prosperity, Prudence, Industry, and Fortune on the facade of Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street in Glasgow. Built in 1897, this building was designed by James Salmon Junior, while the sculptures were created by Francis Derwent Wood. I've never been to sure why, but the figures become increasingly disrobed as you move from left to right across the building.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #sculpture #architecturalsculpture
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113448044660877525 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The rather wonderful, but easily overlooked, Art Deco style Dental Hospital on Renfrew Street in Glasgow. Designed by Wylie, Wright, and Wylie, it was built between 1928 and 1931. I particularly like the metalwork covering much of the facade.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #dentalschool #artdeco #artdecoarchitecture
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113436978720834076 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - I love how skillfully this putti has been carved, and how crisp it still looks, even after being exposed to the Glasgow weather for more than a century! The hair is especially well done. It's above a side door to the old Glasgow Savings Bank building on New City Road, which was designed by Niel C. Duff and was built in 1910.
#glasgow #sculpture #putti #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturalsculpture
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113426472222891538 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - Three keystone heads on the 1897 Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street in Glasgow. Great stonework, but you wouldn't want to run into these guys after closing time on Friday night out!
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #glasgowarchitecture #artnouveau #stonework #greenman
https://mastodon.scot/@thisismyglasgow/113420911194664439 thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot - The last rays of the sun hitting the Duke of Wellington statue on Queen Street in Glasgow, with his now-customary additional attire.
