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Greening and Preening Post-Industrial Glasgow
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...Charles Rennie Mackintosh, especially...t flaunt many pretentions...Devonshire is very much a black...Glasgow is its most impressive...in George Square, marked...pillar with a statue of Sir Walter...perched atop. George Square was...City when ...
Voice Of Scotland: Find safer site for the Dewar statue.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ...unveiling, the statue of Scotland's first elected...situated outside Glasgow's Royal Concert...s about time Glasgow City Council...statue to a more safe and...site such as George Square, Kelvingrove...outcome TOO many juries are...rare. Only ...
Scotland's tour de force
Newspaper article from: The Herald ...Edinburgh. Most of them are...people, many speak at least one foreign language...they are more than walking...tours of Glasgow for 1999...800ft in any one day", with...when she's home in Glasgow, are the...takes in George Square, the Merchant...that our ...
The white elephant that's chewing a lot of buns
Newspaper article from: The Herald ...living in Glasgow. People...placing one or two on...cast-iron statues. The pathological...citizens of Glasgow and all the...surface, a la George Square. It doesn...Smillie's children...his talent more important...lagged at times. He liked...Burns and ...

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