Editing Glasgow (section)

===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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