It was full steam ahead in 1989 for construction of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

The massive venue at the top of Buchanan Street was being built as a long-awaited replacement for the city's St Andrew's Halls.

The Halls, behind the Mitchell Library, burned down in 1962.

At the time, the temporary replacement venue, the former Gaiety Cinema at Anderston Cross, wasn't quite as salubrious or acoustically perfect.

It would take a further 28 years before the Royal Concert Hall opened its doors to the paying public in 1990.

Construction work is now under way again, with a 600-seat auditorium being built on the venue's old goods yard.

Sadly, the redevelopment will also see the Concert Hall steps vanish.