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City Centre in Glasgow
City Centre in Glasgow
The City Centre (known as "town" or "the toon" to locals) is bounded by the M8 motorway to the north and west, High Street to the east, and the River Clyde to the south. This is the area where most visitors will start, and the most notable elements are the American-style grid plan of streets and the lavish Victorian and Edwardian buildings and civic squares which give the city's central area much of its character.
The main arteries of the City Centre are Argyle Street and Sauchiehall Street which both run on an east-west axis. They are linked by Buchanan Street which runs north-south. Together, these three streets form the main shopping thoroughfare. Argyle Street is effectively divided in two by the glass walled bridge (known as Hielanman's Umbrella) of Central Station, the city's principal railway terminus. Exiting the station and heading eastwards along Gordon Street, arriving onto Buchanan Street, turn left towards the north, you encounter St Vincent Street which intersects the south side of George Square. Heading in the other direction will lead you back to Argyle Street and St Enoch Square, now dominated by the huge St Enoch Centre shopping mall, although its most famous landmark is the quaint St Enoch Subway Station, now used as a coffee shop. If you continue east along Argyle Street and walk beyond the pedestrianised area you will have arrived on Trongate and the beginning of the Merchant City.
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