HIDDEN MASTERPIECES; Charles Rennie Mackintosh is revered for The Glasgow School of Art. But other designs - from a railway station to a concert hall - could have transformed the landscape of his native city.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: August 12, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: JIM MCBETH

BRIGHT light filters from the arched glass roof of a railway station that seems so familiar you can almost hear the hiss of Victorian steam trains as they set off from Glasgow.

There is a strange sense of shame that you must have passed this building daily without appreciating its beauty. Yet there is a very simple reason for your apparent lack of attention - this station never existed.

Instead, the magnificent structure that might have been the city's Queen Street or Central rail hubs has spent the last century trapped on the drawing board of its ...

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