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The first Chinese restaurants in Glasgow, Wah Yen, was opened in 1948 by Jimmy Yin on Govan Road. However, at the time, few Chinese lived in the city. [2] As more Chinese migrants moved to the city in the 1970s and 1980s, many settled in Garnethill and Woodlands, accounting for 66.4 per cent of the Chinese population in Glasgow in 1989. [3]
It commences at George Square and goes eastwards reaching Glasgow Cross, in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The eastern fringe of the Merchant City contains part of Glasgow's original medieval street plan, which stretches northwards towards neighbouring Townhead. It contains offices, flats, retail shops, restaurants, and bars. [1]
The Tolbooth Steeple dominates Glasgow Cross and marks the east side of the Merchant City.. To the east is the commercial and residential district of Merchant City.The Merchant City was formerly the residential district of the wealthy city merchants in the 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly the Tobacco Lords from whom many of the streets take their name.
In the centre of the square is the former Royal Exchange, a Graeco-Roman building designed by architect David Hamilton [5] in 1829, where merchants exchanged contracts in cotton, linen, chemicals, coal, iron, steel, timber and other commodities including stocks and shares in newly formed Limited Companies, prior to the Glasgow Stock Exchange ...
Ashton Lane is a cobbled backstreet in the West End of Glasgow. It is connected to Byres Road by a short linking lane beside Hillhead subway station and is noted for its bars, restaurants and a licensed cinema. Off the main thoroughfare of Byres Road, Ashton Lane is a focus for bars, cafes and restaurants.
The St. Enoch Centre is a shopping mall located in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The centre is located adjacent to St Enoch Square. The Architects were the GMW Architects. The construction, undertaken by Sir Robert McAlpine, [1] began in 1986, and the building was opened to the public on 25 May 1989.
Sauchiehall Street (/ ˌ s ɔː k ɪ ˈ h ɔː l, ˌ s ɒ k ɪ-, ˈ s ɔː k ɪ h ɔː l, ˈ s ɒ k ɪ-/) [2] is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street. Although commonly associated with the city centre, Sauchiehall Street is over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length.
The original Western Club building in Buchanan Street, Glasgow. At the start of the street where it meets Argyle Street and St Enoch Square the historic Argyll Arcade [10] [11] which opened in 1827 with sixty-three shops and is now the oldest Victorian shopping centre in Britain, and its near neighbour award-winning Princes Square indoor mall face across to the stores which make up the iconic ...