Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 11:34am Thu 17 Jan 08
This has been a gap site, like many hundreds of sites across Glasgow - this has been like this for the best part of 35 years, surely this development can only be welcomed!
With reference to the site in Pollokshields which is currently a gap site, this used to be the site of a building, which I'm sure collapsed or was in a dilapadted state and for it to be called a park is a bit ridiculous considering there is no fencing and no swings and no benches, it's just a patch of grass at a busy street corner - that's all it is.
There was buildings there previously, so a new building should be put back into that streetblock!
This has been a gap site, like many hundreds of sites across Glasgow - this has been like this for the best part of 35 years, surely this development can only be welcomed!
With reference to the site in Pollokshields which is currently a gap site, this used to be the site of a building, which I'm sure collapsed or was in a dilapadted state and for it to be called a park is a bit ridiculous considering there is no fencing and no swings and no benches, it's just a patch of grass at a busy street corner - that's all it is.
There was buildings there previously, so a new building should be put back into that streetblock!
Posted by: John McCormack, Glasgow on 1:11pm Thu 17 Jan 08
there is 6 or 7 mature cherry trees on the site which will have to go,can't they be moved to Glasgow Green before building work starts?
there is 6 or 7 mature cherry trees on the site which will have to go,can't they be moved to Glasgow Green before building work starts?
Posted by: Zanardi, Glasgow on 2:27pm Thu 17 Jan 08
Where's Meep? Come on Meep, tell us this is just a den for sex tourists and unsavoury characters and that what it's the last thing the city needs.
Where's Meep? Come on Meep, tell us this is just a den for sex tourists and unsavoury characters and that what it's the last thing the city needs.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 5:22pm Thu 17 Jan 08
Only "bona fide travellers" should be accommodated, especially on Sundays.
Only "bona fide travellers" should be accommodated, especially on Sundays.
Posted by: durruti, Glasgow on 6:18pm Thu 17 Jan 08
Point of information, Missing City, there never was a building on that gap site in Pollokshields. Before it was landscaped it was just known as 'The Waste Ground'. It was where local urchins such as myself used to play football and have our Guy Fawkes bonfire.
The probable reason why it remained empty is subsidence - the gable end of the Keir Street building has had to be shored up at various times and the Leslie Street building has also been shored up in the past.
The lack of a building at the south end of that block means that the backgreens receive plenty of sunlight. It would be a shame to block that off.
Point of information, Missing City, there never was a building on that gap site in Pollokshields. Before it was landscaped it was just known as 'The Waste Ground'. It was where local urchins such as myself used to play football and have our Guy Fawkes bonfire.
The probable reason why it remained empty is subsidence - the gable end of the Keir Street building has had to be shored up at various times and the Leslie Street building has also been shored up in the past.
The lack of a building at the south end of that block means that the backgreens receive plenty of sunlight. It would be a shame to block that off.
Posted by: Meep, Shawlands on 8:28pm Thu 17 Jan 08
[quote][bold]Zanardi[/bold] wrote:
Where's Meep? Come on Meep, tell us this is just a den for sex tourists and unsavoury characters and that what it's the last thing the city needs. [/quote] Must ...re..sist.... dont...say it.... its get..ting too ...much....
How many hotels does the city need anyway? Does it not lead to overprovision? Glasgow home of the overprovisioned hotels.
Zanardi wrote:
Where's Meep? Come on Meep, tell us this is just a den for sex tourists and unsavoury characters and that what it's the last thing the city needs.
Must ...re..sist.... dont...say it.... its get..ting too ...much....
How many hotels does the city need anyway? Does it not lead to overprovision? Glasgow home of the overprovisioned hotels.
Posted by: Zanardi, Glasgow on 8:56pm Thu 17 Jan 08
[quote]Must ...re..sist.... dont...say it.... its get..ting too ...much....[/quote]
Well done. Deep breaths and a walk in the fresh air every day, that'll see you through.
[quote]How many hotels does the city need anyway? Does it not lead to overprovision? Glasgow home of the overprovisioned hotels.[/quote]
It needs as many as the market decides it can take. As I understand it, Glasgow hotels enjoy a very high occupancy rate in comparison to other similar European cities, probably because we've spent so long with underprovision. All these new developments are simply us playing catch-up with the rest of Europe.
Must ...re..sist.... dont...say it.... its get..ting too ...much....
Well done. Deep breaths and a walk in the fresh air every day, that'll see you through.
How many hotels does the city need anyway? Does it not lead to overprovision? Glasgow home of the overprovisioned hotels.
It needs as many as the market decides it can take. As I understand it, Glasgow hotels enjoy a very high occupancy rate in comparison to other similar European cities, probably because we've spent so long with underprovision. All these new developments are simply us playing catch-up with the rest of Europe.
Posted by: George Brown, glasgow on 9:15pm Thu 17 Jan 08
I hope the city put me into this one, 10 years waiting and still waiting
I hope the city put me into this one, 10 years waiting and still waiting
Posted by: The Watcher on 11:33am Fri 18 Jan 08
This is not a "derelict" car park.
It's a car park, which is still used, and is required in that area of the city.
Who cares though when you can sell more land off?
This is not a "derelict" car park.
It's a car park, which is still used, and is required in that area of the city.
Who cares though when you can sell more land off?
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