Portico, former Tennent Memorial Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow
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Portico, former Tennent Memorial Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow
Image: © Rudi Winter Taken: 26 Jun 2019
The main entrance of the former Tennent Memorial Institute of Ophthalmology http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6198412 , opened in 1936 and moved in 1990. The building was used for other medical purposes until 2015 and is now awaiting redevelopment by the University of Glasgow. The two figures above the door, a sleeping girl and an awake boy, represent darkness and light https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/building/?id=38 .
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Image Location
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55.871454
Longitude
-4.29707