Ylf Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 following on from another thread regarding best buildings. i’ll start in dundee with the royal arch 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 The old Ness Bridge in Inverness. Replaced by a miserable concrete number in the 60s 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hamilton Palace.Not the current one with the sticky floors, the old, grand one with the marble staircase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, cdisaaccie said: Hamilton Palace. Not the current one with the sticky floors, the old, grand one with the marble staircase. I'm not sure I'm using this phrase in its usual context, but pics or GTFO. Here's mine. The Spider Bridge between Lenzie and Kirkintilloch - looked like a fucking death-trap. Pulled down in the 80s so went over it and lived to tell the tale. Edited February 19, 2020 by Cardinal Richelieu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, cdisaaccie said: Hamilton Palace. Not the current one with the sticky floors, the old, grand one with the marble staircase. The Palace is indeed a lost building, it's ROC now. Such a shame 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Derry Alli Posted February 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2020 A lifetime of memories, lost. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 On 13/11/2017 at 14:03, KnightswoodBear said: When I was wee, I used to love the Granary on South Street. It seemed impossibly large to my younger self. Then they knocked it down and threw up some horrific flats Sorry for quoting myself from the Favourite Buildings thread, but it was quicker than typing it out again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) The blending/bottling plant on Hill Street. After Diageo ripped the last few proper jobs out of Killie, I visited the town a few months later for a family funeral*. The whole thing had gone- completely. Not a fucking trace. It was quite a shock to see something you'd grown up with and seen as defining your town just disappear so that some shareholders could get a better dividend. *Said funeral was at St. Joseph's, also on Hill street. Next to the (also no longer there) Kilmarnock Infirmary site. It was honestly a real shock to look across to where Walker's had taken up the whole side of the street and see - nothing. nothing at all. Edited February 19, 2020 by WhiteRoseKillie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylf Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 could’ve been made into flats but some builders just knocked it doon without permission. fuds 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ylf said: could’ve been made into flats but some builders just knocked it doon without permission. dude It's not completely down, I don't think?Apparently whilst knocking it down somebody found tunnels underneath it dating back god knows how long and it stopped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 43 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Sorry for quoting myself from the Favourite Buildings thread, but it was quicker than typing it out again. Used to love driving down South Street past them. Always ended up with my face pressed against the window trying to see the top. The scale of those buildings seemed other worldly to me as a nipper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) The bridge across Leith Street in Edinburgh. Originally meant to link the St. James Centre shopping mall to a housing scheme that never got built, so it ended up on waste ground. When they finally built something on that side of the road it was replaced by this thing. Edited February 19, 2020 by GordonD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekorean Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Old New York Penn Station Penn Station today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 No words necessary... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Will re-post the two pics of Renfrew Airport. Should absolutely have been saved. Christ, even if they had no better plan, just look at that terminal building exterior. What a McDonalds drive-through it could have been. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I miss the old distillery in Dumbarton. It was fucking stinking and sat derelict for years before finally being demolished, but it dominated the sky line and it was always in the background when I was down at the Rock watching a game. A Lidl now stands in it's place and is due to open tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Not an entire building, but a feature within one - just happened recently, they got rid of the water feature / sculpture that was at the beginning of the Livingston Outlet shops. Been replaced with a new staircase up to the food court. I’ve mentioned a few times that the Livvy shops are my favourite centre, always get what I’m looking for there. I used to love sitting up at the food court, watching and listening to that water feature. The noise, and indeed the smell, gave the area an instantly recognisable and unique flavour. Sad to see it go. I guess it was due to maintenance costs? Now it could be any shopping mall, anywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, pozbaird said: No words necessary... True, dat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 All quite well known stuff but whenever i see any of the old buildings from the Empire Exhibitions it blows my mind to think they were in Glasgow, particularly the Eastern Palace and Tait Tower. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 When you saw that, your holiday as a kid really started. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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