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After the Falkirk Wheel, we drove to Glasgow. My dad wanted to see some Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and we expected to have some time for whisky.
It was rainy. We walked down Sauchiehall Street until it turned into a pedestrian mall.
There were buskers, including these Indians, performing to a backing track. They mostly sounded like the typical Andean group.
And there was this guy, who was busking opera.
Here's Charles Rennie Mackintosh's School of Art (this was Sepetember). He was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. He was a designer in the post impressionist movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had considerable influence on European design.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh
The Glasgow School of Art building (now "The Mackintosh Building") is cited by architectural critics as among the finest buildings in the UK. It was built between 1897 and 1909. The building was severely damaged by fire in May 2014.
So in the interest of history and completeness, I will post all of photos.
Love those windows, on the left.
This room was an art gallery. They said we could take pictures of the art, but not the room. We thought we must have heard wrong, but the girl repeated. I guess they want to sell more postcards.
You couldn't actually see much of the building unless you were on a tour (or a student).
The front door.
Just outside the front door. A lamp over the steps.
They were just finishing up a big restoration last fall. And then it burned in May. :-(
On the pedestrian mall we found the Willow Tea Rooms. They opened in 1903.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Tearooms
There is now a shop on the main floor, rather than a tea room and a lunch room. Above the main floor is the tea gallery.
And then we found The Pot Still, and had some whisky.
It was rainy. We walked down Sauchiehall Street until it turned into a pedestrian mall.
There were buskers, including these Indians, performing to a backing track. They mostly sounded like the typical Andean group.
And there was this guy, who was busking opera.
Here's Charles Rennie Mackintosh's School of Art (this was Sepetember). He was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. He was a designer in the post impressionist movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had considerable influence on European design.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh
The Glasgow School of Art building (now "The Mackintosh Building") is cited by architectural critics as among the finest buildings in the UK. It was built between 1897 and 1909. The building was severely damaged by fire in May 2014.
So in the interest of history and completeness, I will post all of photos.
Love those windows, on the left.
This room was an art gallery. They said we could take pictures of the art, but not the room. We thought we must have heard wrong, but the girl repeated. I guess they want to sell more postcards.
You couldn't actually see much of the building unless you were on a tour (or a student).
The front door.
Just outside the front door. A lamp over the steps.
They were just finishing up a big restoration last fall. And then it burned in May. :-(
On the pedestrian mall we found the Willow Tea Rooms. They opened in 1903.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Tearooms
There is now a shop on the main floor, rather than a tea room and a lunch room. Above the main floor is the tea gallery.
And then we found The Pot Still, and had some whisky.
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Date: 2014-07-08 01:08 pm (UTC)From:The poor people telling people not to take pictures of the building have a problem 'coz how are you supposed to do that ok? I can see a board thinking it's fine (but those are boards & my own experience doesn't show a lot of good).
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Date: 2014-07-08 05:13 pm (UTC)From:I'm sure they weren't able to stop everyone, but they stop most of them. You just say something whenever you see someone with a camera.
I just think that since it's a semi-public building, what's the point? It's a school. It's not a place with extremely limited access, where you have to present a ticket to get in the door.