In Glasgow’s High Street,history is being forced to develop way for unlovely and intrusive blocks of student flatsOne by one the lights are going out on the most historic street in Glasgow. The High Street slopes down through the city in an arc from north to south, taking in the medieval grandeur of Glasgow Cathedral and some of the best preserved examples of Victorian red sandstone tenements in the UK.
The oldest pub in Glasgow is there too (though not for much longer) and behind it a phalanx of ragged paving stones, or thought to be the remnants of the oldest built thoroughfare in Scotland. Other European cities revere their ancient places and build around them,making them centres of attraction. You can find doorways that open on to the city’s turbulent history and the memories of the people who once lived there, and who live there still.
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Source: guardian.co.uk