Edit Merchant City, Then and Now
THEN
IT'S an interesting thought that Glasgow University could still have been based in this historic part of the city if it hadn't been decided, back in the Victorian era, to sell the ground and relocate to the West End.
The site was, for a long time, used as a railway goods yard.
The High Street was the pre-eminent part of Glasgow in medieval times and the Old College Bar is a reminder the High Street was once the haunt of scholars.
Built in 1810, the bar has been identified as Glasgow's longest serving hostelry.
Historian John Gorevan found proof it was the first pub in Glasgow to be granted a licence, in 1812.
It has been operating non-stop ever since.
NOW
THE view down the High Street towards the old Tolbooth will remain unchanged - but you can expect the surroundings to undergo radical alterations in the years ahead.
One developer has been given approval for a GBP150million housing, hotel and office scheme at the junction of High Street and Duke Street.
A £100m plan to build 600 homes on the former railway goods yard has also received approval.
It's likely to involve a 22-storey tower, five eight-storey blocks and a four or five-storey block.
The yard was bought 30 years ago for a new road development that was later scrapped.
It's forecast that the development will create a dynamic area linking the Merchant City and the High Street.
IT'S an interesting thought that Glasgow University could still have been based in this historic part of the city if it hadn't been decided, back in the Victorian era, to sell the ground and relocate to the West End.
The site was, for a long time, used as a railway goods yard.
The High Street was the pre-eminent part of Glasgow in medieval times and the Old College Bar is a reminder the High Street was once the haunt of scholars.
Built in 1810, the bar has been identified as Glasgow's longest serving hostelry.
Historian John Gorevan found proof it was the first pub in Glasgow to be granted a licence, in 1812.
It has been operating non-stop ever since.
NOW
THE view down the High Street towards the old Tolbooth will remain unchanged - but you can expect the surroundings to undergo radical alterations in the years ahead.
One developer has been given approval for a GBP150million housing, hotel and office scheme at the junction of High Street and Duke Street.
A £100m plan to build 600 homes on the former railway goods yard has also received approval.
It's likely to involve a 22-storey tower, five eight-storey blocks and a four or five-storey block.
The yard was bought 30 years ago for a new road development that was later scrapped.
It's forecast that the development will create a dynamic area linking the Merchant City and the High Street.
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