Glasgow Avenues project

The reworking of Sauchiehall, Pitt and Cambridge Streets is already nearing completion

Is it time to be optimistic about the future of Glasgow?
Inside the urban planning offices of Glasgow City Council since time immemorial, fluorescent lights buzz and flicker. It’s too hot in winter, too cold in summer. Keyboards clack, computers hum. And Rip it Up by Orange Juice pulses through a built-in loudspeaker on repeat. Rip it up and start again. Rip it up and start again. Rip it up and start again. Into eternity. I’ve never been inside the council’s planning offices but I’m confident this is what I would find inside. Regardless of the decade.

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