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===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>
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