GLASGOW INTRODUCTION
Glasgow can be found west of Scotland. It is an expansive metropolis that for many years had
a bad reputation as an uninteresting industrial city but is now known as the impressive city
with eighteenth century architecture and museums and galleries to boot. It even boasts The
Glasgow School of Art started by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Today it is a romantic and
somewhat mythical place. The city takes its name from the Celtic translation of green place
that helps to remove the dank smoggy recollections of the past city. The city sprawls across
the north bank of the river Clyde. The centre of the city is George Square houses the City
Chambers on one end of the nineteenth century square. Behind the square is the renowned
Merchant City, known as a yuppie hangout set in Victorian architecture that borders the east
end that in turn holds up the Cathedral in the oldest part of the city. It is considered one of the most Victorian cities in the world. West of the square is pure commerce with rather new grid
layout. For shopping you need to go further on to the areas around Buchanan Street and
Argyle Street to the pedestrian area on Sauchiehall Street.
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