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Thomas Ewing's former piano emporium at 520 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

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August 11, 2026 at 6:12 AM
The unexpected, but rather wonderful, former Toledo Cinema on Clarkston Road in the Muirend area of Glasgow.

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May 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The entrance to the rather wonderful Govanhill Picture House. One of the city's Art Deco gems, this Egyptian-themed cinema was designed by Eric Sutherland and opened in 1926.

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July 16, 2026 at 6:16 AM
516 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Designed as a warehouse by Robert Duncan, it was built in 1898.

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May 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The entrance to the former Salon cinema in the west end of Glasgow. Designed by Brand and Lithgow, it opened as the Hillhead Picture Salon in 1913.

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June 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The Govanhill Picture House. This wonderful Egyptian-themed Art Deco cinema was designed by Eric Sutherland and opened in 1926.

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February 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
September 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The O2 Academy on Eglinton Street in Glasgow. This rather wonderful Art Deco building started life as the New Bedford Cinema.

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January 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The former Riddrie Cinema on Cumbernauld Road in the east end of Glasgow. Constructed in the Art Deco Moderne style, this beautiful and stylish building was designed by James McKissack.

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March 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The pillared and domed entrance to the A-Listed former Waverley Cinema in the Shawlands area of Glasgow. Designed by Watson, Salmond and Gray in 1922, this was one of the city's first purpose-built cinemas.

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March 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
It's great to see the old Vogue Cinema on Main Street in Rutherglen is looking a lot better today (picture on the right) than the last time I photographed it back in 2023 (on the left).

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January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Originally constructed as a warehouse in 1898, this building at 516 Sauchiehall Street was redeveloped as one of Glasgow's first purpose-built cinemas, opening in 1910 as the Charing Cross Electric Theatre.

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July 29, 2026 at 7:04 AM
The grand entrance to the former La Scala cinema on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Originally a warehouse, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th Century.

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December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
An 1880s warehouse on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Like a surprising number of warehouses on this street, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th century.

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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The grand entrance to the former La Scala cinema on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Originally a warehouse, it was converted into a cinema at the start of the 20th Century.

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February 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It may seem unlikely, but this British Heart Foundation shop on Dumbarton Road in the Partick area of Glasgow was once home to the Rosevale Cinema.

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January 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Its design was presumably inspired by the mania for all things accient Egyptian which swept the world after the rediscovery of Tutankhamun's tomb just a few years before in 1922.

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July 16, 2026 at 6:16 AM
The surviving facade of the St Enoch Picture House on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Its life as a cimena lasted between when it opened in 1913, and closed in 1935.

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May 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The nameplate of the Govanhill Picture House on the Southside of Glasgow. Opened in 1926, this 1,200 capacity cinema was designed in an Ancient Eyptian-inspired Art Deco style by Eric A. Sutherland.

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September 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The former New Bedford Cinema on Eglinton Street in Glasgow. One of Glasgow's surprising number of Art Deco cinemas, it was designed by Lennox and McMath. When it opened in 1920, it seated 2,300 people. It closed as a cinema in 1973.

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May 25, 2026 at 6:45 AM
This rather beautiful B-listed Art Deco cinema with Italianate flourishes in Hamilton to the southeast of Glasgow is set to be demolished as it's been classified as unsafe.

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August 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm really not too sure what the solution to this is, but something does needs to be done to stop this sort of 'demolition by neglect' of our built heritage.

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August 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It was made with Hennebique Ferro concrete to make it as fire-proof as possible, and was one of the few cinemas to be made using this system.

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June 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM