Argyle Street
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| Argyle Street in Glasgow city center | |
| Basic data | |
| Place in Scotland | Glasgow |
| District & ZIP | Downtown, G1 |
| Newly designed | 1970 |
| Hist. Names | Westergait |
| Name received | after 1751 |
| Buildings |
Argyll Arcade , St. Enoch Center, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum , Savings Bank , Merchant City |
| Glasgow Subway | St Enoch Station |
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| User groups | Shopping street; Transport route |
| Road design | Thoroughfare; partly pedestrian zone; Maintenance by Glasgow City Council & Transport Scotland |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
The Argyle Street is one of the major thoroughfares in the center of Glasgow . It stretches over 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles), extends from the city center to the western part ( West End ), making it the longest street in the city center. The eastern part of the street begins at Trongate with a pedestrian zone which, together with Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, also forms the main shopping mile of the Scottish city.
Route
The street begins on the southeastern edge of the city center, on the Trongate, as a pedestrian zone . This extends to Queen Street. The pedestrian zone of Argyle Street forms the main part of the main shopping street in Glasgow. The most famous shopping center is the St. Enoch Center. The Argyll Arcade (a Victorian shopping arcade , especially known for a large number of jewelry stores) is a popular meeting place and tourist magnet. The road then runs in a tunnel under Glasgow Central Station (called Hielanman's Umbrella ) and above ground becomes a busy transport route and a thoroughfare or connecting road between the M8 motorway and the Clydeside Expressway ( Clydeside Expressway or A814) from Anderston. After merging with St. Vincent Street, it continues towards the West End. At the Kelvingrove Art Gallery , Sauchiehall Street joins the main street, which behind Kelvin Hall on a bridge over the River Kelvin finally becomes Dumbarton Road.
Along Argyle Street, apart from the above-mentioned Kelvingrove Art Gallery and the shopping arcades, there are also, for example, the Category A listed building of the Savings Bank of Glasgow and Kelvingrove Park (originally West End Park), which extends over 34 hectares .
The Argyle Line named after her and opened in 1979 runs under Argyle Street . The tunnel under Argyle Street was originally opened in 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway , but due to declining demand, British Railways closed it to passenger traffic in 1959 and closed it to all traffic in 1964. For the reopening, the steam-powered tunnel section was electrified until it was closed. Scotrail electric railcars operate at frequent intervals on the Argyle Line to connect Argyle Street , Glasgow Central Low Level and Anderston with the suburbs of Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire .
history
Originally known as Westergait ( Scots for way / path to the west ), Argyle Street led from the Trongate across the city to the West Port, the city gate at the west end of the Glasgow city wall . The exact time it was built is not known. It was renamed in honor of the Duke of Argyll in the late 18th century, some time after the West Port was removed in 1751. During this time, the city walls and gates gradually gave way to the steady expansion of the city to the west.
Argyle (early spelling of Argyll, in this form including the name of an extensive coastal region northwest of Glasgow ) means roughly the edge of the Gaelic country ( Old Gaelic : airer Goídel ), Gael being an old collective name for Scottish and Irish ethnic groups (see Gaelic languages ). Since Scotland and Ireland are surrounded by the sea, the term is often translated as the Gael coast . In the early 13th century, the presumably French-speaking author of De Situ Albanie stated , "The name Arregathel means delimitation of Scottish or Irish, for all Scots and Irish are commonly called Gattheli , derived from their ancient warlord known as Gaithelglas ." Linguist Alex Woolf assumes that the name Airer Goídel replaced the term Dál Riata in the ninth century , after the Vikings conquered large parts of the Scottish east and the islands off the coast of Glasgow were henceforth permanently under their rule. The Viking campaign separated the Irish Dál Riata and the islands of the Alban Dál Riata from the Alban Dál Riata of the mainland. Only then was the east coast region of mainland Scotland renamed Airer Goídel . The fact that their name now includes the popular name of the Gael demarcated them from the islands now under Nordic rule, which were called Innse Gall - literally islands of foreigners . The Innse Gall remained in the possession of the Norse- speaking Nordgael (direct descendants of the Viking conquerors) for over 300 years .
From 1970 onwards major renovations took place in the city center, including the construction of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road, the demolition of Anderston Cross and the construction of the Anderston Center building complex that had replaced it. The renovations also led to a change in the route of Argyle Street, the eastern half of which now breaks off below the Kingston Bridge approach viaduct, while the main route is shifted over the motorway and onto St. Vincent Street. The eastern half of Argyle Street in Anderston has since included an approximately 250-meter-long cul-de-sac before (as mentioned above) St. Vincent Street merges into Argyle Street.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walking directions to Argyle St . Google . Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ Dave Hewitt: Giro Bay and some other dodgy place-names in and around Glasgow . Caledonian Mercury. March 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ railscot.co.uk: Glasgow Central Railway retrieved on July 25, 2018
- ↑ railscot.co.uk: Chronology for Glasgow Central Railway retrieved on July 25, 2018
- ^ Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection . TheGlasgowStory. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ Alex Woolf: The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900-1300. In: Omand, 2006, p. 94 f.
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '30.6 " N , 4 ° 15' 28.4" W.
