Here is the latest news from the City Centre Regeneration Team
PUPPET ANIMATION SCOTLAND, RESTLESS WORLDS, THE MANIPULATE FESTIVAL
The Puppet Animation will now have a presence within Glasgow City Centre, at 31-39 Trongate, 50 Parnie St and 19-21 Saltmarket. This event is part of the Scotland’s International Festival of Visual Theatre and Animated Film. This is a mechanical puppet animation and...
GLASGOW CITY CENTRE SDF
Glasgow City Council, after approval from the Scottish Government, has adopted its City Centre Strategic Development Framework (SDF) - the document which will help guide the centre’s development over the next three decades, driving economic renewal and meeting the...
Meanwhile Use Initiative
As part of the High Street Area Strategy, City Property and Glasgow City Council have been trialling a Meanwhile Use initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to show that there are innovative ways to bring vacant units into use and to animate the area. Most...
(Y)our City Centre: Like/Don’t like – Could do/ will do.
Collecting ideas for Cowcaddens, Townhead, Learning Quarter and Merchant City continues. You can still contribute, still let us know how you think things could be improved. If you live, work or visit these districts fill out either or both the Proposal form or the...
STORIES ON THE HIGH STREET – A THRIVING CITY
The Thriving City story map has been developed as part of the High Street Area Strategy, to offer an opportunity to explore 1500 years of history of the High Street of Glasgow. Like many projects within the strategy, the Thriving City story map intends to bring more...
AWARD FOR PROJECT THAT HAS DELIVERED SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Council’s City Deal funded Sauchiehall Street Avenue has recently won the Excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure category at the Landscape Institute Awards 2020. The City Deal/City Centre Regeneration team…
2020 VISIONS – BEACONS OF HOPE IN TRONGATE WINDOWS
A series of installations from Nich Smith Lighting Design – 2020 Visions – runs from 12 – 20 December 2020. Tron Theatre is working on a series of projects, funded through the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venue Relief Fund…
CYCLING IN GLASGOW CITY CENTRE INCREASES
Glasgow City Centre has long been associated with poor air quality. However, steps are being taken to enhance air quality into the city centre. There is already evidence of what can be achieved by limiting car and bus usage in the city centre. For instance, the first...
(Y)OUR PLACE MAP: A CITY OF PORTRAITS
Here is the latest blog in the series that discuss different aspects of the ongoing (Y)our City Centre Regeneration. Here artist Peter McCaughey, Lead Artist and Director of WAVEparticle introduce…