Editing Glasgow (section)

== Areas and suburbs ==
[[File:Glasgowareas.jpg|thumb|center|upright=1.30|[[Areas of Glasgow]]. Click to enlarge.]]

===City centre===
[[File:ClydeArc.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Clyde Arc]], also known locally as the "Squinty Bridge"]]

The [[Glasgow city centre|city centre]] is bounded by High Street at [[Glasgow Cross]] the historic centre of civic life, up to [[Glasgow Cathedral]] at Castle Street; Saltmarket including [[Glasgow Green]] and [[St Andrew's Square, Glasgow|St Andrew's Square]] to the east; Clyde Street and Broomielaw (along the River Clyde) to the south; and Charing Cross and Elmbank Street, beyond [[Blythswood Square]] to the west. The northern boundary (from east to west) follows Cathedral Street to North Hanover Street and [[George Square]]. The city centre is based on a [[grid plan|grid system]] of streets on the north bank of the River Clyde. The heart of the city is [[George Square]], site of many of [[Public statues in Glasgow|Glasgow's public statues]] and the elaborate Victorian [[Glasgow City Chambers]], headquarters of [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]].

Most offices, and the largest offices and international headquarters, are in the distinctive streets immediately west of Buchanan Street, starting around 1800 as townhouses, in the architecturally important streets embracing [[Blythswood Hill]], Blythswood Holm further down and now including the [[Broomielaw]] next to the Clyde. To the south and west are the shopping precincts of [[Argyle Street, Glasgow|Argyle Street]], [[Sauchiehall Street]] and [[Buchanan Street]], the last featuring more upmarket retailers and winner of the Academy of Urbanism "Great Street Award" 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/awards.htm |url-status=dead |publisher=The Academy of Urbanism |title=The Urbanism Awards 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119212642/http://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/awards.htm |archive-date=19 January 2008 |access-date=28 May 2008}}</ref> The collection of shops around these streets accumulate to become known as "The Style Mile".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peoplemakeglasgow.com/things-to-do/shopping |title=The Ultimate Guide to Shopping in Glasgow {{!}} People Make Glasgow {{!}} People Make Glasgow |last=Glasgow |first=People Make |website=peoplemakeglasgow.com |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313070855/https://peoplemakeglasgow.com/things-to-do/shopping |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:(looking down) Buchanan Street, Glasgow.jpg|thumb|Looking down [[Buchanan Street]] towards [[St Enoch subway station]]]]

The main shopping areas include [[Buchanan Street]], Buchanan Galleries, linking Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, and the [[St. Enoch Centre]] linking Argyle Street and [[St Enoch Square]], with the up-market [[Princes Square]], which specifically features shops such as [[Ted Baker]], Radley and Kurt Geiger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princessquare.co.uk/shopping |title=Shopping {{!}} Princes Square {{!}} Glasgow|website=www.princessquare.co.uk |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314011636/http://www.princessquare.co.uk/shopping |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Buchanan Galleries and other city centre locales were chosen as locations for the 2013 film [[Under the Skin (2013 film)|Under the Skin]] directed by [[Jonathan Glazer]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/u/Under-The-Skin.php |title=Filming Locations for Under The Skin (2013), around Scotland. |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations |access-date=1 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210191903/http://movie-locations.com/movies/u/Under-The-Skin.php |archive-date=10 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Although the Glasgow scenes were shot with hidden cameras, star [[Scarlett Johansson]] was spotted around town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://onlocationvacations.com/2011/10/25/scarlett-johansson-begins-filming-under-the-skin-in-glasgow/ |title=Scarlett Johansson begins filming 'Under The Skin' in Glasgow |last=Christine |date=26 October 2011 |website=On Location Vacations |language=en-US |access-date=1 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227104651/http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2011/10/25/scarlett-johansson-begins-filming-under-the-skin-in-glasgow/ |archive-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Italian Centre in Ingram Street also specialises in designer labels. Glasgow's retail portfolio forms the UK's second largest and most economically important retail sector after Central London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-strategies.co.uk/upload/newsletter_oct07/retail_market_spotlight_autumn2007.pdf |title=Retail Ranking from Experian |publisher=Business-strategies.co.uk |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326235054/http://www.business-strategies.co.uk/upload/newsletter_oct07/retail_market_spotlight_autumn2007.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=133843 |title=Top of the Shops&nbsp;– Gerald Eve Publishes Prime Retail |publisher=Prnewswire.co.uk |date=5 November 2004 |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208045637/http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=133843 |archive-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The city centre is home to most of Glasgow's main cultural venues: the [[Glasgow Royal Concert Hall]], [[Glasgow City Hall]], [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow|Theatre Royal]] (performing home of [[Scottish Opera]] and [[Scottish Ballet]]), the [[Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow)|Pavilion Theatre]], the [[King's Theatre, Glasgow|King's Theatre]], [[Glasgow Film Theatre]], [[Tron Theatre]], [[Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow|Gallery of Modern Art]] (GoMA), Mitchell Library and Theatre, the [[CCA Glasgow|Centre for Contemporary Arts]], [[McLellan Galleries]] and the [[The Lighthouse (Glasgow)|Lighthouse Museum of Architecture]]. [[Cineworld (Glasgow)|The world's tallest cinema]], the eighteen-screen [[Cineworld]], is situated on Renfrew Street. The city centre is also home to four of Glasgow's higher education institutions: the [[University of Strathclyde]], the [[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]], [[Glasgow School of Art]] and [[Glasgow Caledonian University]], and to the largest college in Britain &ndash; the [[City of Glasgow College]] in Cathedral Street.

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===Merchant City===
[[File:Glasgow Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow.jpg|thumb|right|The Tolbooth Steeple dominates [[Glasgow Cross]] and marks the east side of the [[Merchant City]].]]

The Merchant City  is the commercial and part-residential district of the [[Merchant City]], a name coined by the historian Charles Oakley in the 1960s. This had started as a residential district of the wealthy city merchants involved in international trade and the textile industries in the 18th and early 19th centuries, with their warehouses nearby, including the [[Tobacco Lords]] from whom many of the streets take their name. With its mercantile wealth, and continuing growth even before the [[Industrial Revolution]], the city expanded by creating the New Town around [[George Square]], soon followed by the New Town of Blythswood on [[Blythswood Hill]] which includes [[Blythswood Square]].<ref>'''Glasgow's Blythswood''', by Graeme Smith, 2021 www.blythswoodsmith.co.uk</ref> The original medieval centre around Glasgow Cross and the High Street was left behind.

Glasgow Cross, situated at the junction of [[High Street (Glasgow)|High Street]], leading up to [[Glasgow Cathedral]], Gallowgate, [[Trongate]] and Saltmarket was the original centre of the city, symbolised by its [[Mercat cross]]. Glasgow Cross encompasses the Tolbooth Steeple, all that remains of the original [[Glasgow Tolbooth]], which was demolished in 1921. Moving northward up High Street towards [[Rottenrow]] and [[Townhead]] lies the 15th century [[Glasgow Cathedral]] and the [[Provand's Lordship]]. Due to growing industrial pollution levels in the mid-to-late 19th century, the area fell out of favour with residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgowmerchantcity.net/history1.htm |title=Glasgow's Merchant City: Historical Development |publisher=Merchant City Initiative |year=2008 |access-date=29 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513203125/http://www.glasgowmerchantcity.net/history1.htm |archive-date=13 May 2008}}</ref>

From the 1980s onwards, the Merchant City has been rejuvenated with [[Scandinavian Scotland|luxury city centre]] flats and [[warehouse conversion]]s. This regeneration has supported an increasing number of cafés and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/4 |title=Merchant City Glasgow: Restaurants and Cafés |publisher=Merchant City Glasgow&nbsp;– Merchant City Initiative |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150025/http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/4 |archive-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The area is also home to a number of high end boutique style shops and some of Glasgow's most upmarket stores.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/7 |title=Merchant City Glasgow: Shops |publisher=Merchant City Glasgow&nbsp;– Merchant City Initiative |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150040/http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/7 |archive-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Merchant City is one centre of Glasgow's growing "cultural quarter", based on King Street, the Saltmarket and [[Trongate]], and at the heart of the annual [[Merchant City Festival]]. The area has supported a growth in art galleries, the origins of which can be found in the late 1980s when it attracted artist-led organisations that could afford the cheap rents required to operate in vacant manufacturing or retail spaces.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite web |url=http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/2 |title=Merchant City Glasgow: Galleries and Art |publisher=Merchant City Glasgow&nbsp;– Merchant City Initiative |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150015/http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/2 |archive-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The artistic and cultural potential of the Merchant City as a "cultural quarter" was harnessed by independent arts organisations and [[Glasgow City Council]],<ref name=autogenerated4/> and the recent development of Trongate 103, which houses galleries, workshops, artist studios and production spaces, is considered a major outcome of the continued partnership between both.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trongate103.com/ |title=Trongate 103 |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101113439/http://www.trongate103.com/ |archive-date=1 November 2008}}</ref> The area also contains a number of theatres and concert venues, including the [[Tron Theatre]], the Old Fruitmarket, the Trades Hall, St. Andrew's in the Square, Merchant Square, and the [[Glasgow City Hall|City Halls]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/1 |title=Merchant City Glasgow: Venues and Theatres |publisher=Merchant City Glasgow&nbsp;– Merchant City Initiative |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150010/http://www.merchantcityglasgow.com/categories/1 |archive-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===West End===
[[File:Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum - exterior.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] is Glasgow's premier museum and art gallery, housing one of Europe's best civic art collections.]]

Glasgow's West End grew firstly to and around [[Blythswood Square]] and [[Garnethill]], extending then to [[Park District, Glasgow|Woodlands Hill]] and [[Woodlands, Glasgow|Great Western Road]]. It is a district of elegant townhouses and tenements with cafés, tea rooms, bars, boutiques, upmarket hotels, clubs and restaurants in the hinterland of [[Kelvingrove Park]], the [[University of Glasgow]], [[Glasgow Botanic Gardens]] and the [[Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre]], focused especially on the area's main thoroughfares of Argyle Street ([[Finnieston]]), Great Western Road and [[Byres Road]]. The area is popular with tourists and students. The West End includes residential areas of [[Hillhead]], [[Dowanhill]], [[Kelvingrove Park|Kelvingrove]], [[Kelvinside]], [[Hyndland]], [[Broomhill, Glasgow|Broomhill]], [[Scotstoun]], [[Jordanhill]], [[Kelvindale]], [[Anniesland]]
and [[Partick]]. The name is also increasingly being used to refer to any area to the west of [[Charing Cross, Glasgow|Charing Cross]]. The West End is bisected by the [[River Kelvin]], which flows from the [[Campsie Fells]] in the north and confluences with the River Clyde at Yorkhill Quay.

The spire of [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]]'s [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow University]] main building (the second largest [[Gothic Revival]] building in Great Britain) is a major landmark, and can be seen from miles around, sitting atop Gilmorehill. The university itself is the fourth oldest in the [[English-speaking world]]. Much of the city's student population is based in the West End, adding to its cultural vibrancy. The area is also home to the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], [[Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery]], [[Kelvin Hall]] museums and research facilities, stores, and community sport. Adjacent to the Kelvin Hall was the [[Glasgow Museum of Transport|Museum of Transport]], which reopened in 2010 after moving to a new location on a former dockland site at [[Glasgow Harbour]] where the River Kelvin flows into the Clyde. The new building is built to a design by [[Zaha Hadid]]. The [[West End Festival]], one of Glasgow's largest festivals, is held annually in June.

Glasgow is the home of the [[Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre|SEC Centre]], Great Britain's largest exhibition and conference centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/Glasgow.asp?venue=Scottish%20Exhibition%20and%20Conference%20Centre |title=Glasgow Conferences Venues UK |publisher=Conferences-uk.org.uk |date=17 July 1995 |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111093547/http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/Glasgow.asp?venue=Scottish%20Exhibition%20and%20Conference%20Centre |archive-date=11 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secc.co.uk/ |title=The home of the Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre |publisher=SECC |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907095647/http://www.secc.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 September 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.venuefinder.com/venues/scottish_exhibition_+_conference_centre/V8654/meeting-rooms/ |title=Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513101220/http://www.venuefinder.com/venues/scottish_exhibition_+_conference_centre/V8654/meeting-rooms/ |archive-date= 13 May 2011}}</ref> On 30 September 2013, a major expansion of the SECC facilities at the former Queen's Dock by [[Foster and Partners]] officially opened – the 13,000-seat [[The Hydro|Hydro]] arena. Adjacent to the SECC at Queen's Dock is the [[Clydeside distillery]], a [[Scotch whisky]] [[distillery]] that opened in 2017 in the former dock pump house.<ref name="WorldBook">{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Neil |title=The World of Whisky |date=2019 |publisher=Pavilion |isbn=978-1911624639}}</ref>

===East End===
[[File:People's Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green.JPG|thumb|right|[[People's Palace, Glasgow|People's Palace]] museum and Winter Garden on [[Glasgow Green]]]]

The East End extends from [[Glasgow Cross]] in the [[City Centre of Glasgow|City Centre]] to the boundary with [[North Lanarkshire|North]] and [[South Lanarkshire]]. It is home to the [[Glasgow Barrowland market]], popularly known as "The Barras",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgow-barrowland.com/ballroom.htm |title=The Official Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom Site |publisher=Glasgow Barrowland |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415073429/http://www.glasgow-barrowland.com/ballroom.htm |archive-date=15 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Barrowland Ballroom]], [[Glasgow Green]], and [[Celtic Park]], home of [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic FC]]. Many of the original sandstone tenements remain in this district. The East End was once a major industrial centre, home to [[Sir William Arrol & Co.]], [[James Templeton & Co]] and [[William Beardmore and Company]]. A notable local employer continues to be the [[Wellpark Brewery]], home of [[Tennent's Lager]].

The [[Glasgow Necropolis]] Garden Cemetery was created by the Merchants House on a hill above the [[Glasgow Cathedral|cathedral]] in 1831. Routes curve through the landscape uphill to the {{convert|70|ft|m|1|order=flip|adj=mid|-high}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glasgownecropolis.org/profiles/john-knox/ |title=John Knox |website=The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> statue of [[John Knox]] at the summit. There are two late 18th century tenements in Gallowgate. Dating from 1771 and 1780, both have been well restored. The construction of Charlotte Street was financed by [[David Dale]], whose former scale can be gauged by the one remaining house, now run by the [[National Trust for Scotland]]. Further along Charlotte Street there stands a modern [[Gillespie, Kidd & Coia]] building of some note. Once a school, it has been converted into offices. Surrounding these buildings are a series of innovative housing developments conceived as "Homes for the Future", part of a project during the city's year as UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |author=Glasgow Architecture |url=http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/homes_for_the_future_glasgow.htm |title=Homes for the Future, 1999 |publisher=Glasgow Architecture |year=1999 |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604161655/http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/homes_for_the_future_glasgow.htm |archive-date=4 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Doulton Fountain - Glasgow Green.jpg|thumb|left|The Doulton Fountain in Glasgow Green]]

East of Glasgow Cross is [[St Andrew's in the Square]], the oldest post-Reformation church in Scotland, built in 1739–1757 and displaying a Presbyterian grandeur befitting the church of the city's wealthy [[Tobacco Lords|tobacco merchants]]. Also close by is the more modest [[Scottish Episcopal Church|Episcopalian]] [[St Andrew's-by-the-Green]], the oldest Episcopal church in Scotland. The Episcopalian St Andrew's was also known as the "Whistlin' Kirk" due to it being the first church after the Reformation to own an organ. Overlooking Glasgow Green is the façade of [[Templeton On The Green]], featuring vibrant [[polychrome|polychromatic]] brickwork intended to evoke the [[Doge's Palace, Venice|Doge's Palace]] in [[Venice]].<ref name=autogenerated5>{{cite web |url=http://www.princes-regeneration.org/bestpractice/tempcarp.htm |title=Templeton's Carpet Factory, Glasgow |website=princes-regeneration.org |access-date=20 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019191840/http://www.princes-regeneration.org/bestpractice/tempcarp.htm |archive-date=19 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The extensive [[Tollcross, Glasgow|Tollcross Park]] was originally developed from the estate of James Dunlop, the owner of a local steelworks. His large [[Scots Baronial Style architecture|baronial]] mansion was built in 1848 by [[David Bryce]], which later housed the city's Children's Museum until the 1980s. Today, the mansion is a sheltered housing complex. The new [[National Indoor Sports Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome|Scottish National Indoor Sports Arena]], a modern replacement for the [[Kelvin Hall]], is in [[Dalmarnock]]. The area was the site of the [[Olympic Village|Athletes' Village]] for the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], located adjacent to the new indoor sports arena.

The East End Healthy Living Centre (EEHLC) was established in mid-2005 at Crownpoint Road with Lottery Funding and City grants to serve community needs in the area. Now called the Glasgow Club Crownpoint Sports Complex, the centre provides service such as sports facilities, health advice, stress management, leisure and vocational classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eehlc.org.uk/ |title=East End Healthy Living Centre Homepage |publisher=Eehlc.org.uk |date=17 October 2013 |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505124226/http://www.eehlc.org.uk/ |archive-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> To the north of the East End lie the two large [[gasometer]]s of [[Provan Gas Works]], which stand overlooking [[Alexandra Park, Glasgow|Alexandra Park]] and a major interchange between the M8 and [[M80 motorway|M80]] motorways.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13243570.What_now_for_city_s_Provan_gas_towers_/ |title=What now for city's Provan gas towers? |author=Rebecca Gray |work=The Evening Times  |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050350/https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13243570.What_now_for_city_s_Provan_gas_towers_/ |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13243570.What_now_for_city_s_Provan_gas_towers_/ |title=Glasgow's skyline could be changing as future of historic Provan gasworks up for debate |author=Hannah Rodger |work=The Evening Times  |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050350/https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13243570.What_now_for_city_s_Provan_gas_towers_/ |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/row-over-historic-protection-for-eyesore-gasworks-1-4742730 |title=Row over historic protection for "eyesore" gasworks |author=Alison Campsie |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=21 May 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050154/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/row-over-historic-protection-for-eyesore-gasworks-1-4742730 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===South Side===
[[File:NS5765 The Clyde, and 'Squinty' bridge, Glasgow.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pacific Quay]] sits within the south side of Glasgow, and is home to some of the city's largest businesses and employers.]]

Glasgow's South Side sprawls out south of the Clyde. The adjoining urban area includes some of Greater Glasgow's most affluent suburban towns, such as [[Newton Mearns]], [[Clarkston, East Renfrewshire|Clarkston]], and [[Giffnock]], all of which are in [[East Renfrewshire]], as well as [[Thorntonhall]] in [[South Lanarkshire]]. [[Newlands, Glasgow|Newlands]] and [[Dumbreck]] are examples of high-value residential districts within the city boundaries. There are many areas containing a high concentration of sandstone tenements like [[Shawlands]], which is considered the "Heart of the Southside", with other examples being [[Battlefield, Glasgow|Battlefield]], [[Govanhill]] and [[Mount Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=No surprise from the community that Shawlands is coolest spot |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23042723.no-surprise-community-shawlands-coolest-spot/ |website=Herald Scotland |date=12 October 2022 |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> The large suburb of [[Pollokshields]] comprises both a quiet western part with undulating tree-lined boulevards lined with expensive villas, and a busier eastern part with a high-density grid of tenements and small shops. The south side also includes some post-war housing estates of various sizes such as [[Toryglen]], [[Pollok]], [[Castlemilk]] and [[Arden, Glasgow|Arden]]. The towns of [[Cambuslang]] and [[Rutherglen]] were included in the City of Glasgow district from 1975 to 1996, but are now in the [[South Lanarkshire]] council area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1973/oct/22/new-local-government-areas |title=New Local Government areas |publisher=[[Hansard]] |date=22 October 1973 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050038/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1973/oct/22/new-local-government-areas |archive-date=4 November 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSFG |title=Modern Times: 1950s to The Present Day > Neighbourhoods |author=Irene Maver |website=The Glasgow Story |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029031254/http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSFG |archive-date=29 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/glasgow/ |title=Scotland's Landscape: City of Glasgow |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317174830/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/glasgow/ |archive-date=17 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Although predominantly residential, the area does have several notable public buildings including, [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]]'s [[Scotland Street School Museum]] and [[House for an Art Lover]]; the [[Burrell Collection]] in [[Pollok Country Park]]; [[Alexander "Greek" Thomson]]'s [[Holmwood House]] villa; the National Football Stadium [[Hampden Park]] in [[Mount Florida]] (home of [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queens Park FC]]) and [[Ibrox Stadium]] (home of [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers FC]]). The former docklands site at [[Pacific Quay]] on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the SECC, is the site of the [[Glasgow Science Centre]] and the headquarters of [[BBC Scotland]] and [[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group]] (owner of [[STV (TV network)|STV]]), in a new purpose-built digital media campus. In addition, several new bridges spanning the River Clyde have been built, including the [[Clyde Arc]] known by locals as the Squinty Bridge at [[Pacific Quay]] and others at [[Tradeston]] and Springfield Quay.

[[File:Glasgow Harbour Terraces - geograph.org.uk - 6196678.jpg|thumb|left|The regeneration of Glasgow Harbour has seen the construction of many high rise buildings]]

The South Side also includes many public parks, including [[Linn Park, Glasgow, Scotland|Linn Park]], [[Queen's Park, Glasgow|Queen's Park]], and [[Bellahouston Park]] and several golf clubs, including the championship course at [[Haggs Castle]]. The South Side is also home to the large [[Pollok Country Park]], which was awarded the accolade of Europe's Best Park 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Parks_Outdoors/Parks_gardens/pollokparkbritainsbestpark.htm |title=Pollok Park Britain's Best Park |access-date=20 June 2008 |website=Glasgow City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615135645/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Parks_Outdoors/Parks_gardens/pollokparkbritainsbestpark.htm |archive-date=15 June 2008}}</ref> The southside also directly borders [[Rouken Glen|Rouken Glen Park]] in neighbouring [[Giffnock]]. Pollok Park is Glasgow's largest park and until the early 2000s was the only country park in the city's boundary. In the early 2000s the [[Dams to Darnley Country Park]] was designated, although half of the park is in [[East Renfrewshire]]. As of 2021 the facilities at the still new park are quite lacking.

[[Govan]] is a district and former burgh in the south-western part of the city. It is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite [[Partick]]. It was an administratively independent Police Burgh from 1864 until it was incorporated into the expanding city of Glasgow in 1912. Govan has a legacy as an engineering and [[shipbuilding]] centre of international repute and is home to one of two [[BAE Systems Surface Ships|BAE Systems Surface Ships shipyards]] on the River Clyde and the [[precision engineering]] firm, [[Thales Optronics]]. It is also home to the [[Queen Elizabeth University Hospital]], one of the largest hospitals in the country, and the maintenance depot for the [[Glasgow Subway]] system. The wider Govan area includes the districts of [[Ibrox, Glasgow|Ibrox]], [[Cessnock, Glasgow|Cessnock]], [[Kinning Park]] and [[Kingston, Glasgow|Kingston]].

===North Glasgow===
[[File:Ruchill Church at canal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ruchill Church Hall|Ruchill Church]], seen from the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]]]
North Glasgow extends out from the north of the city centre towards the affluent suburbs of [[Bearsden]], [[Milngavie]] and [[Bishopbriggs]] in [[East Dunbartonshire]] and [[Clydebank]] in [[West Dunbartonshire]]. The area also contains some of the city's poorest residential areas.

This has led to large-scale redevelopment of much of the poorer housing stock in north Glasgow, and the wider regeneration of many areas, such as [[Ruchill]], which have been transformed; many run-down tenements have now been refurbished or replaced by modern [[housing estate]]s. Much of the housing stock in north Glasgow is rented [[social housing]], with a high proportion of high-rise tower blocks, managed by the North Glasgow Housing Association trading as NG Homes and [[Glasgow Housing Association]].

[[Maryhill]] consists of well maintained traditional sandstone tenements. Although historically a working class area, its borders with the upmarket West End of the city mean that it is relatively wealthy compared to the rest of the north of the city, containing affluent areas such as [[Maryhill Park]] and [[North Kelvinside]]. Maryhill is also the location of [[Firhill Stadium]], home of [[Partick Thistle F.C.]] since 1909. The [[Scottish Junior Football Association|junior]] team, [[Maryhill F.C.]] are also located in this part of north Glasgow.

The [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] passes through this part of the city, and at one stage formed a vital part of the local economy. It was for many years polluted and largely unused after the decline of heavy industry, but recent efforts to regenerate and re-open the canal to navigation have seen it rejuvenated, including art campuses at Port Dundas.

[[Sighthill, Glasgow|Sighthill]] was home to Scotland's largest [[asylum seeker]] community but the area is now regenerated as part of the Youth Olympic Games bid.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nicoll |first1=Vivienne |title=Starting gun sounds for regeneration of Sighthill |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/starting-gun-sounds-for-regeneration-of-sighthill-158767n.23892373 |website=The Evening Times |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114753/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/starting-gun-sounds-for-regeneration-of-sighthill-158767n.23892373 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A huge part of the economic life of Glasgow was once located in [[Springburn]], where the [[Saracen Foundry]], engineering works of firms like [[Charles Tennant]] and locomotive workshops employed many Glaswegians. Glasgow dominated this type of manufacturing, with 25% of all the world's locomotives being built in the area at one stage. It was home to the headquarters of the [[North British Locomotive Company]]. Today part of the [[Glasgow Works]] continues in use as a railway maintenance facility, all that is left of the industry in Springburn. It is proposed for closure in 2019.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46545455 180 jobs under threat at Glasgow rail services firm] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217133740/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46545455 |date=17 December 2018}} ''[[BBC News]]'' 12 December 2018</ref> [[Riddrie]] in the north east was intensively developed in the 1920s and retains several listed developments in the Art Deco style.