{"id":616895,"date":"2025-12-06T23:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/616895\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T23:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:58:24","slug":"sauchiehall-street-glasgow-daily-business-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/616895\/","title":{"rendered":"Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow \u2013 Daily Business Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Images by TERRY MURDEN<\/p>\n

One of the most famous streets in Scotland has been the subject of much discussion, and its overall decline has been noted by a number of commentators, not least the former Fleet Street journalist Andrew Neil who lamented its current poor condition.<\/p>\n

With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund UK-wide\u00a0Heritage Places\u00a0programme, and in partnership with Glasgow City Council, there is a plan to renew a street that was once the pride of the city.<\/p>\n

Sauchiehall Street is said to be the spine of the project, bookended by the Mitchell Library and The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The project also takes in the adjacent streets: Bath Street and Renfrew Street, as well as the Garnethill community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, exploring just a short stretch of the street, it is a sorry picture with boarded up premises, graffiti, litter and a general air of neglect and dereliction. The family shops, theatres, cinemas, clubs, cafes and other businesses that once made it a much-loved destination been replaced by bargain stores and fast food shops. <\/p>\n

If the street is undergoing a rejuvenation then these pictures tell a different story, or at least one that shows how the promised change is a long time coming.<\/p>\n

The city will host the Commonwealth Games next year, and if it wants to put on a positive show then it needs to tidy it up or let visitors leave with a vow never to return.<\/p>\n

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A litter bin outside an empty and derelict store declaring Sauchiehall Street as a culture and heritage district.<\/p>\n

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The West Campbell Street approach to Sauchiehall Street: crumbling tarmac, broken paving, graffiti, litter, empty units, and an ugly modern building.<\/p>\n

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Graffiti has been removed from the upper floor of the former Bhs building, but part of it is now boarded up and new graffiti has appeared.<\/p>\n

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People love Glasgow so much that graffiti is everywhere and discount shops now replace the family businesses that once thrived in Sauchiehall Street.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps nothing symbolises the decline of Sauchiehall Street more than the demolition of the former Art Deco Marks & Spencer building, now destined to be home to yet more student apartments.<\/p>\n

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The council has been planting trees in a vain attempt to improve the environment though this one is struggling for attention amid yet more graffiti and a vacant shop unit.<\/p>\n

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Glossy advertising contrasts with another empty shop unit.<\/p>\n

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