Glasgow is a great city - but sometimes we can’t help but feel like somethings missing.
Whether it was something we used to have which is sorely missed, or is a feature of other modern cities like Edinburgh, London or even Dundee that is absent from Glasgow, in this article we wanted to look at the things that are missing from Glasgow.
We asked readers of both Glasgowist and GlasgowWorld for their thoughts on what’s missing from Glasgow - and in total we got over 1500 responses from Glaswegians young and old, some still staying in the city, and some that are long-gone to new pastures.
It was a hard time whittling down all the responses to the best of the best, but we feel these 20 things are the greatest submissions which should be seriously considered by Glasgow City Council.
5. An ice rink
The closest ice rink to Glasgow nowadays is in the Braehead Ice Centre, which is a ways out for most Glaswegians. Elfingrove usually brings an ice rink at Christmas, but if you wanted to go ice skating in Glasgow in the summer? No chance. Photo: RETRO
6. A roof over Buchanan Street
Nothing ruins a shopping trip in town more than getting stuck in torrential rain, there’s only so long you can try and wait it out in House of Fraser. Maybe we can reel it in the summer though - but given Glasgow weather, we’d be putting up and down about six times a day. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell
7. An integrated public transport service
Imagine this: You need to travel from the Barrowlands to The Record Factory in Partick - you get a bus to the city centre, grab a subway to Partick, and then get the train home at night. That’s three separate tickets which will cost you around £12 at least, with an integrated travel system like London or other cities in Europe like Berlin, we would pay a single fee for transport all day across all networks, whether it be by bus, train, or subway. | Transport Designed
8. Bring back the trams!
Trams used to be the lifeblood of Glasgow - pumping office and industry workers alike all around the city. When they were scrapped, we can only assume that Glasgow Corporation (now Glasgow City Council) had a much greater confidence in new public transport systems like trolley buses. Photo: Unknown