A Hauf Stop

Old Halt, New WEST

As the formal change takes place with the Halt truly becoming WEST on the Corner it has , fleetingly, uncovered the old exterior. This is going to go very soon as the windows are extended. One of the larger windows is already in place on the Park St side.

I had a chance to look inside and , with the new floor in place, opens up to a different but nice and large clear space. Except of course the "curse" of all similar Glasgow bars , what to do about the roof supports that always end up in the most inconvenient place.

UPDATE: Following week

Another different font sign can just about be made out on the front view

UPDATE: May 2nd ( opens May 9th )

Custom House Quay

New Mural
27th March 2015

Old Mural

Custom House Quay

Custom House Quay
21st March 2015

From 2013

Tiger mural has been replaced.

Every Bar on Argyle St 1890 's vs 2010's

A while ago i had made a subsection map of the Gorbals/Laurieston/Tradeston area from a similar period showing the concentration of bars. I wanted to do a similar diagram contrasting a larger area of Glasgow. What would become Argyle street seemed like an appropriate choice.
St Enoch in 1890's is a train station in the 2010's it is a shopping centre.

1890's marks are for public houses which i take as being distinct from restaurants and other forms of services but makes exact comparisons impossible. The riverside is very distinct without having to be explicitly drawn.

Duke Bar

Duke Bar
631 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1QA
17th December 2014

Talk in local online forum is that this bar may be closing soon. A good old fashioned Glasgow Pub, good glass in doors and windows, floor the common type until recently but now so often disappearing under laminate wood flooring.Nice big banquette seats. Across the road are the Crown Creighton and Alexandra Bar , slightly further east are the Bristol Bar and the original Louden Tavern.