Echoes of Empire Part 2: The Western City Centre

Meeting point: Central Station, Gordon Street entrance G1 3HA

Booking: BOOKINGS CLOSED!

Information: The Western City Centre contains some of Glasgow's greatest buildings, including Central Station, The Hatrack, the Egyptian Halls, and St Vincent Street Church, while its grid of streets gives a distinct American flavour. Join architect Niall Murphy for a walking tour exploring this key part of the least British of the British cities! Booking essential. Please note the tour lasts approximately 2 hrs. Highlights include Central Station, the Ca’ d’Oro, James Salmon’s ‘the Hatrack’ and Mercantile Chambers, CR Mackintosh’s Glasgow Record Building, Greek Thomson, JJ Burnet and James Miller’s commercial buildings. See Glasgow’s most public IOU; the hidden influence of the Vienna Secession; the links between Glasgow and the United States; and where Beethoven meets Liberace…