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Ossian Lore
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A hand in the past. Feet in the present. Mind on the future.
Aug 9, 2018 • 17 tweets • 10 min read
@dickebuerste53 @GdTenementGuide Thats a BIG question that really deserves a thesis to give a proper answer. The primary factor in why Scotland has tenements & England less so is down to the difference in legal definitions of property ownership. Scots law follows Roman law in that ownership is an absolute right @dickebuerste53 @GdTenementGuide That is, you either own it or you don’t. In England you don’t have to prove absolute ownership, just that your case is better than anyone else’s. How that translates into tenements over terraces is a result of who owned what land and to what extent they developed it.
Jun 19, 2018 • 73 tweets • 19 min read
Following on from my previous thread where I laid out my thoughts on the future of the Mackintosh building at Glasgow School of Art it might be useful to address some of the points raised in the various discussions that have taken place surrounding it

The previous thread was only ever intended as my initial reaction to MackFire2, in absence of anything more substantial than the shared shock and grief. It inadvertently became a wider look at historic building management, development practices & statutory body responsibilities
Jun 17, 2018 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Some thoughts on the revised planning application for the Custom House on Clyde St #Glasgow.

You can view it here: publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applica…

Image by Chris Firth via flickr.com/photos/migrand… Dating to 1840 the Custom House is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the Clyde as it flows through Glasgow. It has been some years since it performed its original function, latterly used by the PF & then as offices, it has been empty for around a decade now.
Jun 16, 2018 • 40 tweets • 10 min read
Some thoughts on the future of the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art...

The building has been gutted, literally. Some parts are in danger of impending collapse and will have to be taken down. It will be difficult to achieve this safely & there is a high probability ...that other parts, if not whole sections - if not the entire structure - will have to be demolished in order to make internal parts safely accessible.

This could mean complete demolition of the entire block encompassing the Mack, the ABC venue and the adjoining site.
Jun 6, 2018 • 78 tweets • 35 min read
Photographer #RaymondDepardon visited #Glasgow in 1980 on assignment from the Sunday Times. The job was to photograph affluence & poverty, neither were something Glasgow was short of. But the affluence of Glasgow in 1980 was discreet, largely retreated to neighbouring suburbs. This once metropolis had torn - and was continuing to tear- itself apart. The brick and ashlar edifices that lined the gridded streets, the great architectural baubles and trinkets that two centuries of commerce & industry had built were disappearing. So too were its people.
May 19, 2018 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
A stroll along the serpentine walk on #GlasgowGreen some time between 1810 and 1820. Cattle can be seen grazing in the park while folk work and play on the beach A wooden footbridge marks the spot at the foot of a recently extended Saltmarket where the current Albert Bridge stands. The original 14th century Glasgow Bridge stands behind it and would be replaced in the coming decades.