Old Photograph Argyle Arcade Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of people inside the Argyle Arcade in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally known as Westergait, Argyle Street led west from Trongate to the city's West Port, the western gate out of the city's walls. It was renamed in honour of the Duke of Argyll, some time after the removal of the West Port in 1751, as a result of the expansion of the city westward. Argyle Street is now a major thoroughfare in the city centre of Glasgow. With Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, Argyle Street is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre. It begins in the south eastern corner of the city centre, at the Trongate, where it is pedestrianized as far as Queen Street. This section forms the major shopping section of the road, including the St. Enoch Centre and the Argyll Arcade, a Victorian arcade principally containing jewelers. It passes underneath Glasgow Central Station before becoming a major thoroughfare connecting the M8 motorway and the Clydeside Expressway, and the A814 road at Anderston. The route then joins St. Vincent Street where it heads out towards the West End of the city. It connects with Sauchiehall Street at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and the road itself ends just beyond the Kelvin Hall on a bridge over the River Kelvin, where it becomes Dumbarton Road. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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