Greek Gorbals

Photo by Daveymcn

I read a couple of short pieces about plans to renovate the old Alexander "Greek" Thompson Church on Caledonia Road last week and so today decided to try and find out a bit more information.

Poor "Greek" Thompson buildings have suffered over the years with many torn down in the 60's and many more being allowed to fall into disrepair and collapse. This is made even more striking when you compare him Glasgow's other famous architectural son - the ever present Mackintosh and the huge impact that his style still has on the city today.

Its funny that as a city we seem to have opted to put all our efforts into the one rather than try to promote both but hopefully, finally that's going to change.

Its just been announced in the last few weeks that the old abandoned Caledonia church - one of the few original Gorbals buildings still standing is possibly going to find a new life. This new life will be to create a permanent home for the Alexander Thompson Society, a gallery of his vast (150+) buildings, studios, apartments and a museum.

There is a good wee article on the Architecture Scotland website and more info on the society's site where they outline their aims for the project and how things are attempting to progress.

What do people think of the proposed images?

I like them, very different to other buildings in the city and if will completed could be a good addition to the area - but I guess it totally depends on how well it gets put together and them raising sufficient funding to afford good quality materials.