8 nostalgic photos of the St Enoch Centre when it opened
The new plans will see 1700 homes, office space and a hotel built on the site of the Glasgow shopping centre.
It was built on the site of the old St Enoch train station and hotel – two old Glasgow landmarks – and opened its doors in the summer of 1989, attracting big crowds.
One year later, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher officially inaugurated the building.
Talk of the transformation got us thinking about our favourite memories of the St Enoch Centre, so we delved through our archive to find old pictures from when the shopping centre first opened.
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Manager George Ritchie inside the newly-opened St Enoch Centre, May 1989. Photo: Donald Macleod
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The ground floor of the newly-opened St Enoch Centre, May 1989. Photo: Donald Macleod
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Interior of the newly-opened St Enoch Centre, May 1989. Photo: Donald Macleod
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The entrance to the St Enoch Centre, May 1990. Photo: Allan Macdonald