‘The Egyptian Halls – Restore and Refurbish or Rebuild and Refurbish - The Final Opportunity’
Event Details
Time: April 6, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Mackintosh Lecture Theatre in the Glasgow School of Art
Street: Renfrew Street
City/Town: Glasgow
Website or Map: http://www.greekthomson.org.uk
Event Type: the, alexander, thomson, society, lecture
Organized By: The Alexander Thomson Society
Latest Activity: May 4, 2011
Event Description
The Alexander Thomson Society
2011 Lecture Series
This year’s lecture series provides an interesting programme of speakers whose topics will cover a history of street grids and architecture, Thomson’s ‘at risk’ Egyptian Halls, and aspects of Glasgow’s architectural heritage.
Wednesday 6 April
‘The Egyptian Halls – Restore and Refurbish or
Rebuild and Refurbish - The Final Opportunity’
Derek J Souter
Director of Union Street Investments Ltd and
Union Street Properties Ltd
All lectures will begin at 7.30pm in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre in the Glasgow School of Art, Renfrew Street, Glasgow.
Refreshments will be available from 7.00pm Lectures are free to members of the Alexander Thomson Society.
The Alexander Thomson Society is a Limited Company with Charitable Status Registered Scottish Charity No. SCO21447 Company No. SC330276
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Comment by John Stokes on May 4, 2011 at 17:58 -
I deeply regret being unable to attend this event to add to what I hope will be a chorus of disbelief and outrage at the peril facing Egyptian Halls, and the news that its demolition is being openly contemplated. Any alternative to that outcome is of course worth considering, but what is on offer here seems barely to invite serious consideration.
This is not a building to subject to narrow criteria of ‘commercial viability’ nor to use as a bargaining chip: it is authentically a landmark of international stature. I hope and trust that the City of Glasgow will reaffirm its proven commitment to conserving Egyptian Halls and reject out of hand any possibility of its demolition. Its future development can then be considered in an open and reasonable manner and not against a ticking clock.
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