Glasgow’s Merchant City
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lasgow Merchant City is a neighbourhood with its own identity located within the city centre area. Like many inner city areas throughout the world, the Merchant City has transformed itself from a former commercial trading area into the cool, chic haven of style that exists today. But it wasn’t always that way.
The Merchant City is one of the oldest quarters of Glasgow and has been the home to monks, merchants and merry makers for centuries. In medieval times orangeries and rose gardens once scented the air, but as the city developed this pretty little area is where the dog and bird markets, bowling greens and places of entertainment could be found. Throughout the eighties and nineties the Merchant City has been revitalised. Old warehouses became modern fashion houses;
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empty market buildings have been given new life as restaurants or bars and loft living and the birth of a strong and vibrant community arrived in style. Artists colonised run-downworkshops and empty shop units; vacated merchants houses became hotels and restaurants while redundant churches have found new congregations in the theatre-going and music-loving audiences of the city; namely the Tron Theatre and St. Andrew’s in the Square.
apartments, restaurants, shops and artists galleries. And amongst it all there still survive a few hidden gems, such as the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall where Stan Laurel made his debut or the architectural splendour of the magnificent 18th century St. Andrew’s in the Square or the sublime City Halls and Old Fruitmarket. Whatever the content of these buildings the style and elegance of the architecture remains to be enjoyed by all.
Today the Merchant City is a remarkable mix of stylish bars, boutique hotels, luxury
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