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Or the barras might be worth a trip on the Sunday MikeLucy xxx
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or there's the Art gallery museum near Kelvin hall
Lucy xxx
In 1998 Glaswegians voted Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum their ‘favourite building in Glasgow ’. At that time, the Museum received over 1.2 million visitors per year.
Kelvingrove closed in June 2003 for a long-planned refurbishment. The project will cost £27.9 million, and is funded by Glasgow City Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Historic Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Our goal is to create modern facilities, services and displays while ensuring the building itself can be seen to its best effect and enjoyed by all visitors. The Museum is due to reopen to the public in the Summer 2006.
ops: Sorry - but it is interesting if you're interested in architectural history. :lol: Ca'Doro Building, Union Street / Gordon Street
The Ca'Doro building, situated close to Glasgow Central Station, was completely rebuilt behind its retained façade in 1989, over a century after it was built. The Union Street frontage was enhanced with two additional bays, finished with cast iron mouldings which are exact reproductions of the originals.
The glass-fronted warehouse, which was completed in 1872, was designed by John Honeyman with a high roofed shopping arcade at ground level.
In the 1920's, the luxurious Ca'Doro Restaurant, which took it's name from the gilded 15th century Ca'doro Palace in Venice, occupied all the upper storeys.
In keeping with the times, the patrons of the luncheon room on the 2nd floor were entertained with live music from the resident orchestra; the gentlemen could then enjoy the facilities of the smoking rooms on the floor above. The two storey banqueting hall, an ugly addition to the roof from around 1925, was converted into a popular ballroom in the 1950's. The reconstructed version of the Ca'Doro now has a slated roof, which is much more in keeping with the rest of the structure.
Ca'oro
At street level the shops have sculpted stone pilasters surrounding the cast iron frame, which becomes much more decorative on the upper tiers. The photograph (right) was taken on a clear mid-winter's day when the reflective qualities of the glass allowed the windows to be viewed to their best effect. Thankfully the old building's incongruous 1920's metal window frames have been replaced with large panes of fixed glass. The natural light is further augmented by a glazed atrium roof illuminating the central core of the building.
The ironwork at the upper levels is worthy of close inspection for the intricate detailing which was designed and cast at the Saracen Iron Foundry in Glasgow. The window frames are in the form of open ended figures of eight, a familiar feature of the Venetian style.
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Unfortunately the Kelvingrove Art Gallery is closed for a major refurb - has been for about a year now and won't be open for another couple of years. :cry: :cry: BUT, the good news is that when it does open the Salvador Dali 'Christ of St John on the cross' is being returned to it. Yeeha!
That reminds me - the Museum of Religious Life (by the Royal Infirmary) is worth a visit as is The Necropolis (honest!!). Oh, and whilst you're there then pop into the Provand's Lordship.
