Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 11:10am Thu 17 Apr 08
It looks rather flimsy - again, any assurances it won't end up in Tradeston after a winter storm?
It looks rather flimsy - again, any assurances it won't end up in Tradeston after a winter storm?
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 11:11am Thu 17 Apr 08
Not so sure about so much cafe culture especially when NHS is struggling to cope already!
Not so sure about so much cafe culture especially when NHS is struggling to cope already!
Posted by: markydc, London on 12:00pm Thu 17 Apr 08
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 12:26pm Thu 17 Apr 08
I don't think you should take the comments of (any) newspaper posters as a representative cross-section of society, markydc - and I include myself in that!
I hope these pavilions do get built soon so we can get access to the riverside again, hopefully a more attractive one.
I don't think you should take the comments of (any) newspaper posters as a representative cross-section of society, markydc - and I include myself in that!
I hope these pavilions do get built soon so we can get access to the riverside again, hopefully a more attractive one.
Posted by: Ladofglas25, Glasgow on 2:21pm Thu 17 Apr 08
[quote][bold]markydc[/bold] wrote:
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.[/quote] aye the same way structural engineers said the clyde ark "squnity bridge", is a triumph of "modern designing" hence its made fae plywood and pritstick, and the cables snap, and that the scottish parliment building is "cutting edge" design, in other words it will fall to bits within 60 years like all of these new fangled flats thats being fired up around glasgow at an amazing rate, cause they have no substance whatsoever!
but yeah lets cntuniue to delude outselves eh! glasgow the "sunshine city", where the skys are always blue! and there are 20 coffee shops per mile, and plenty junkies if ye fancy a gab!
markydc wrote:
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
aye the same way structural engineers said the clyde ark "squnity bridge", is a triumph of "modern designing" hence its made fae plywood and pritstick, and the cables snap, and that the scottish parliment building is "cutting edge" design, in other words it will fall to bits within 60 years like all of these new fangled flats thats being fired up around glasgow at an amazing rate, cause they have no substance whatsoever!
but yeah lets cntuniue to delude outselves eh! glasgow the "sunshine city", where the skys are always blue! and there are 20 coffee shops per mile, and plenty junkies if ye fancy a gab!
Posted by: Ian, Glasgow on 3:59pm Thu 17 Apr 08
[quote][bold]markydc[/bold] wrote:
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.[/quote] People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew.
Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts
markydc wrote:
Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew.
Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 4:47pm Thu 17 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Ian[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]markydc[/bold] wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.[/quote] People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew. Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts[/quote] Hope that wasn't a dig at me mate, considering a new build on Clyde St lost its roof during the 2007 storm and was covered in scaffold for most of that year.
Then there was the storm of 2008 which blew panels off the front of some of the buildings on the Broomielaw as well as causing structural damage in some other places.
I know you never mentioned names, but just keep that in mind, its not false, every bit of it is true, just in case you were trying to have a dig!
Ian wrote:
markydc wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew. Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts
Hope that wasn't a dig at me mate, considering a new build on Clyde St lost its roof during the 2007 storm and was covered in scaffold for most of that year.
Then there was the storm of 2008 which blew panels off the front of some of the buildings on the Broomielaw as well as causing structural damage in some other places.
I know you never mentioned names, but just keep that in mind, its not false, every bit of it is true, just in case you were trying to have a dig!
Posted by: Pete, Glasgow on 4:50pm Thu 17 Apr 08
Kind of with Brad and Ian on this. I work west of Central Station, near the Broomielaw, and think that this can only be a good thing. Great for redevloping the Clydeside as somewhere you'd actually want to go to (not sure you can really say that at the moment. Ready market for cafes too, with all the offices built along there.
Kind of with Brad and Ian on this. I work west of Central Station, near the Broomielaw, and think that this can only be a good thing. Great for redevloping the Clydeside as somewhere you'd actually want to go to (not sure you can really say that at the moment. Ready market for cafes too, with all the offices built along there.
Posted by: Ian on 5:04pm Thu 17 Apr 08
[quote][bold]The Missing City[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Ian[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]markydc[/bold] wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.[/quote] People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew. Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts[/quote] Hope that wasn't a dig at me mate, considering a new build on Clyde St lost its roof during the 2007 storm and was covered in scaffold for most of that year. Then there was the storm of 2008 which blew panels off the front of some of the buildings on the Broomielaw as well as causing structural damage in some other places. I know you never mentioned names, but just keep that in mind, its not false, every bit of it is true, just in case you were trying to have a dig! [/quote] Wasn't aimed at you TMC. I don't always agree with you but your posts are at least balanced and you make some valid points.
And yes, it does look flimsy in the artists impression!
The Missing City wrote:
Ian wrote: markydc wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
People who are happy don't feel the need to keep posting bile on the likes of here every day. Most of us look at life with the glass half full. Some posters raise valid points for discussion but don't take what's posted on here as the norm. You'll find its the same on all newspaper comment threads, people with little to do talking spew. Brad, I don't count you in this - I enjoy reading your posts
Hope that wasn't a dig at me mate, considering a new build on Clyde St lost its roof during the 2007 storm and was covered in scaffold for most of that year. Then there was the storm of 2008 which blew panels off the front of some of the buildings on the Broomielaw as well as causing structural damage in some other places. I know you never mentioned names, but just keep that in mind, its not false, every bit of it is true, just in case you were trying to have a dig!
Wasn't aimed at you TMC. I don't always agree with you but your posts are at least balanced and you make some valid points.
And yes, it does look flimsy in the artists impression!
Posted by: Murraymint, Kilbarchan on 4:39pm Fri 18 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Ladofglas25[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]markydc[/bold] wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.[/quote] aye the same way structural engineers said the clyde ark "squnity bridge", is a triumph of "modern designing" hence its made fae plywood and pritstick, and the cables snap, and that the scottish parliment building is "cutting edge" design, in other words it will fall to bits within 60 years like all of these new fangled flats thats being fired up around glasgow at an amazing rate, cause they have no substance whatsoever! but yeah lets cntuniue to delude outselves eh! glasgow the "sunshine city", where the skys are always blue! and there are 20 coffee shops per mile, and plenty junkies if ye fancy a gab! [/quote] What exactly was the purpose of this post?
If you are so smart let's hear of your ideas for a better Glassgow.
Ladofglas25 wrote:
markydc wrote: Why are Glaswegians so negative? Everyone should stay positive about developments. I am sure structural engineers will make it work. And what does cafe culture have to do with the NHS? It isnt being funded by Glasgow City Council or Scottish Exec so why bother? I have spoken to the planning department of GCC and they confirmed that they only play a minor role in either Tradestone or Broomielaw. Any development is better than nothing and absolutely better than derelict land.
aye the same way structural engineers said the clyde ark "squnity bridge", is a triumph of "modern designing" hence its made fae plywood and pritstick, and the cables snap, and that the scottish parliment building is "cutting edge" design, in other words it will fall to bits within 60 years like all of these new fangled flats thats being fired up around glasgow at an amazing rate, cause they have no substance whatsoever! but yeah lets cntuniue to delude outselves eh! glasgow the "sunshine city", where the skys are always blue! and there are 20 coffee shops per mile, and plenty junkies if ye fancy a gab!
What exactly was the purpose of this post?
If you are so smart let's hear of your ideas for a better Glassgow.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 3:02pm Tue 22 Apr 08
Thanks Ian!
I feel I should also point out that I have plenty to do - just that this is more fun sometimes!
Thanks Ian!
I feel I should also point out that I have plenty to do - just that this is more fun sometimes!
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