SCT has added it's voice to the campaign to save the A-listed
Egyptian Halls in Union Street, Glasgow from demolition.
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The Trust has submitted a formal letter of objection to Glasgow
City Council in response to the demolition proposals for the
Victorian Alexander 'Greek' Thomson masterpiece.
The building, which has been largely vacant for 30 years, is
considered to be the most significant surviving example of
Thomson's commercial buildings, and also plays a part in the
history of the development of Victorian Glasgow as a world leader
in iron-framed buildings. The advances in cast -iron construction
made in Glasgow in the later 19th-century would pave the way for
the early skyscrapers of North America, and expressed the
industrial confidence of the expanding city.
The Trust's Technical Officer, Gemma, was interviewed by
Pauline McLean for Reporting Scotland on the importance of the
buidling and you can read a letter from the Trust's Director in the
Scotsman here.
An online petition to save the Halls is available here.