The changing face of Gallowgate
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The photograph on this page of The changing face of Gallowgate by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
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The changing face of Gallowgate
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 6 Dec 2010
A panorama taken from the balcony around St James' Park http://zoom.it/cGus St James Metro Station is below ground in the left foreground. Right of centre, Strawberry Place joins Gallowgate which to the right becomes Barrack Road. On the far left, the old town walls are just visible showing the direction to the city centre. Shiny tower blocks dominate the scene. To the left, City Gate forms a wall along the boulevard of Blenheim Street. In the centre, the striking, curved office block previously the headquarters of the Scottish & Newcastle Brewery, the only remaining building of the Tyne Brewery site, demolished for a new development, Science City. It is destined to be a new hotel http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60690775&postcount=540 The first buildings on part of the site known as Downing Plaza are going up to the right Image
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