" George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is named after King George III. Laid out in 1781, George Square is today home to the headquarters of Glasgow City Council, and boasts an important collection of statues and monuments, including those dedicated to Robert Burns, James Watt, Sir Robert Peel and Sir Walter Scott. It is generally regarded as the de facto centre of the city, although Blythswood Square (1 km to the west) is the true geographical centre of the city, whilst all distances are measured from nearby Glasgow Cross " Wikipedia.
“ Public spaces are favorite places to meet, talk, sit, relax, stroll, flirt, girl watch, baywatch, read, sun and feel part of a broader whole. They are the starting …show more content…
and for me i feel that such a place give a chance to break down barriers between the layers of society by time.
From the article : "Cars are essential, don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-car, but I don't want the world to be shaped around a car. " this is a really good point to talk about, public spaces nowadays becomes 30% car parks . all this space for the cars is narrowing our space. it is our space not cars.
At the same time we need to face the truth of how much do we need this car parks even though it is an annoying truth but it become a part from our public space. i think that as we care about the value of the place we should take in consideration how clean is the atmosphere there.
About this sentence "We've just left a period of boom we are now in a period of austerity,"
I don't really think that saving the historical site is an austerity it just a step to have a real past in the coming future , simply the history of a city is its
“ Public spaces are favorite places to meet, talk, sit, relax, stroll, flirt, girl watch, baywatch, read, sun and feel part of a broader whole. They are the starting …show more content…
and for me i feel that such a place give a chance to break down barriers between the layers of society by time.
From the article : "Cars are essential, don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-car, but I don't want the world to be shaped around a car. " this is a really good point to talk about, public spaces nowadays becomes 30% car parks . all this space for the cars is narrowing our space. it is our space not cars.
At the same time we need to face the truth of how much do we need this car parks even though it is an annoying truth but it become a part from our public space. i think that as we care about the value of the place we should take in consideration how clean is the atmosphere there.
About this sentence "We've just left a period of boom we are now in a period of austerity,"
I don't really think that saving the historical site is an austerity it just a step to have a real past in the coming future , simply the history of a city is its