The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Monday 23 September 2024
CCA facing closure, Glasgow's 850th Anniversary plans, Bellgrove Hotel demolition part of regeneration plans, new homes for Dalmarnock, Steak & Cherry to close + Byres Road chairs put to the test
☁ Good morning Glasgow. It’s going to be overcast with a high of 15C according to the Met Office forecast. Here’s Monday’s Wrap:
❌ The CCA on Sauchiehall Street is facing “unprecedented financial precarity” with bosses citing challenges related to the pandemic and fires at Glasgow School of Art. A temporary or partial closure could be on the horizon. - Pauline McLean, BBC.
🎂 A year-long programme of events to celebrate Glasgow’s 850th anniversary has been announced. - Josh Carmichael, The Herald.
🛎 A family of six with four children has spent more than six weeks in hotels while waiting for a temporary flat to become available, reports Stewart Paterson as part of the Glasgow Times End Homeless Hotel Shame campaign.
🏗 The Bellgrove Hotel is set to be partially demolished as part of the revival of the Gallowgate. The council has confirmed the disposal of land in the North and East of the city to Wheatley Homes Glasgow and Maryhill Housing Association as part of wider regeneration efforts. - Chiara Pollock, Glasgow Live.
👷♀️ Meanwhile, the demolition crews have started to pull down two 1965 Gorbals tower blocks to make way for a new social housing estate via the New Gorbals Housing Association. - Jordan Shepherd, Glasgow Live.
🏘 A mix of 170 private and social homes are set to be built on empty land in Dalmarnock. - Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy Reporter, Glasgow Live.
🏛 Elder Park Library officially opened last week following a £4 million restoration involving Elderpark Housing. - Scottish Housing News.
✍ Glasgow's critics are wrong: Here's why it's the greatest city on Earth. - Former SNP MP for Glasgow South Stewart McDonald writes about the city in light of the return of the Commonwealth Games.
😡 Drumchapel Community Council hit out at the UK Government after they announced that Levelling Up Funding for the area is “under review”. - Aidan Macdonald, Glasgow Times.
🗳 The SNP launched a new leaflet on independence with John Swinney campaigning in Glasgow for a national “day of action” as described by the party. - PA Media, STV.
🏫 School staff have been advised by GMB union not to do any voluntary duties in response to reports of abuse and violence which the union doesn’t feel are dealt with appropriately. - Stewart Paterson, Glasgow Times.
🏡 An impressive Scots Baronial style villa in Pollokshields with a rugby pitch in the back garden has gone on the market with offers over £1.55 million. - Charles Pring, Glasgow Times.
🍒 Steak & Cherry on Sauchiehall Street is closing on October 12 after a decade. - Rebbecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
👀 John Barrowman quit Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins 32 minutes after he arrived at base camp. - Rebecca Newlands, Glasgow Times.
🪑 “I tried the West End’s controversial new street furniture - my verdict”. - Charles Pring, Glasgow Times.
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📌 This autumn, Scottish Opera presents a revival of the much-loved 2014 production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, which opens at Theatre Royal Glasgow on October 12. Set in Rome at the cusp of the Swinging Sixties, the eccentric characters are given life in a world that is the perfect setting for a titanic clash of generations. More info. Thanks Scottish Opera for the submission!
📌 An amazing Monthly Hip-Hop night at Bloc+ in Bath Street Glasgow. Showcasing some incredible local artists, Free entry, cheap drinks & Pizza till 3am. More info. Thanks Miles Better at Atlas Works for submitting!
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